On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, TOGoS wrote: > I want to be able to have a function with > this kind of signature: > > func ($param1, *$otherparams) > > AFAIK, there is no way to implement this > with the current calling conventions. You > would have to do something with variable > register IDs, which we don't have and which > would probably be a bad idea, anyway. > > Maybe non_prototyped pcc subs should > always have all their parameters shoved > into an array? (and likewise for return > values :-). Hopefully most subroutine calls > will be prototyped, anyway, so it wouldn't > cause too much of an overall speed-hit, and it > would make many things a lot simpler (not > to mention even *possible*).
Why not make $otherparams a PerlArray? I haven't gotten this far with python, but I'm not sure I understand why that wouldn't work? Maybe there should be a register reserved for an Array and another for a Hash (for extra keyword arguments)? Sincerely, Michal J Wallace Sabren Enterprises, Inc. ------------------------------------- contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] hosting: http://www.cornerhost.com/ my site: http://www.withoutane.com/ --------------------------------------
