If memory serves me right, Erik Bågfors wrote:
> > >> would a be able to modify itself ? (unfortunately C# allows that)
> > >
To clarify here's my example ...
=cut
using System;
public struct MyStruct
{
int val;
public MyStruct(int x){ val=x; }
public void Modify(){ val=42; }
public override String ToString(){ return val.ToString(); }
}
public class FooBar
{
public static void Main()
{
MyStruct m1=new MyStruct(10);
MyStruct m2=m1;
m1.Modify();
Console.WriteLine(m1);
Console.WriteLine(m2);
}
}
=end cut
Which gives
42
10
If in anycase Parrot wants to avoid this , we could always add a special
case to the ILNode_Assign to generate an explicit copy step in parrot for
valuetypes...
So, workarounds are possible .. and neither the host nor the compiler
is there yet ;) ...
Gopal
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