OK, I've neglected to fix a bunch of mistakes in the embedding system
for a few months. These have now been fixed.
-Parrot becomes Parrot_Interp
-Parrot_String is gone and the string_funcs.h functions are no longer
externally visible.
-A few structures have been renamed.
-config.h has been rearranged so that INTVAL, etc. are now aliases for
Parrot_Int, etc.
-A few things that were accidentally made external no longer are.
At this point, I have a plea: BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE COMPTUED GOTO
GUY!
I first noticed the problems with computed-goto when I found the
following line in test_main.c:
#ifdef HAVE_COMPUTED_GOTO
See the problem? Externally visible with no PARROT_ prefix. That's
bad. I tried to find where it was defined, but couldn't. Finally, in
desperation, I grepped the entire distribution and found out why I
wasn't seeing it--it was being passed in to the compiler on the command
line.
This is Really Bad. Not only is it externally visible without a prefix,
it's also prone to disappear without warning.
Now I'm pissed at whoever wrote the computed goto stuff. There are two
ways to satisfy my blood lust:
1. Bring me his head, so I can put it in a public place as a
warning to other Parrot hackers. [1]
2. Just fix the thing--probably by putting it in config.h.
The second is far less destructive, so I recommend it.
[1] No offense intended to British hackers, or people from any other
culture that had similar practices.
--Brent Dax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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