On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:06:51AM -0800, Brent Dax wrote: > ....or is there no 'set(p, p)' function? If there isn't, why not?
There isn't. Nobody's written it. :) > Also, a question if/once it exists. I assume it'll make a copy. Yep. Although I'm not quite sure off-hand how to write it. > If that's the case, then in this bit of code: > > new P0, PerlInt > new P1, PerlString > set P1, P0 > > is P1 a PerlString or a PerlInt? I think PerlString, because otherwise > there'd be no way to cast between types. Precisely. -- Resist the urge to start typing; thinking is a worthwhile alternative. -- Kernighan and Pike