Dan Sugalski wrote:
> At 05:41 PM 9/10/2001 -0400, Ken Fox wrote:
> > You're expecting the current lexical scope to be carried implicitly
> > via the PC?
>
> No, it'll be in the interpreter struct.
But how does the interpreter know where a lexical scope begins
and ends in the bytecode? For example, a "jump FOO" might change
scopes. How is the scope discovered?
> >This only lets us use multi-methods where arg0 is an object. Is
> >this sufficient for implementing Perl 6?
>
> Ummm... how on earth do you plan on calling a method of something that's
> not an object? Methods sorta require them... :)
sub add(int x, int y) : multi { ... }
sub add(int x, num y) : multi { ... }
sub add(num x, num y) : multi { ... }
That makes sense to me. My syntax is probably wrong, but the intention
is clear. I'd be surprised if Damian doesn't want this.
- Ken
