At 11:22 PM -0400 7/31/02, Melvin Smith wrote: >>Conclusion >> >> It seems to me that to implement lexical variables, we only need to >> implement the set_pmc method and to extend the Sub class so that it >> contains both a code pointer and a scratchpad. > >I agree with you. It can be done without special ops that we just added. >I see no reason why we can't add an op that allows you to get the >scratchpad into a Px reg and use it just as a Hash or Array. I expect >we might want to.
I'd rather keep the separate interface to lexicals and globals. That'll make it much easier to change the implementation without breaking existing bytecode. -- Dan --------------------------------------"it's like this"------------------- Dan Sugalski even samurai [EMAIL PROTECTED] have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk