On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 06:41:21PM +0100, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
> Dave Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >No. The called Perl code could in principle do almost anything: open
> >files, create new threads, delete symbol tables etc; doing any of this in
> >mid thread-creation is heading for disaster.
>
> But one _could_ build a list of possible objects during clone.
> The _after_ full context was there "confirm" them
> (like "thawing" a storable).
But if the deciding was done at the end, then you'd have to recursively
clone all the values in a blessed hash say, only to then throw them away
again at the end.
--
Spock (or Data) is fired from his high-ranking position for not being able
to understand the most basic nuances of about one in three sentences that
anyone says to him.
-- Things That Never Happen in "Star Trek" #19
