Jeff Clites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 2004, at 1:46 AM, Leopold Toetsch wrote: >> That part is already answered: create a buffer_like structure. >> *But* again register backing stacks are *not* in the interpreter >> context.
> I don't understand what you are getting at. They are not physically > part of Parrot_Interp.ctx, but it holds pointers to them, right? No, they were in the context but aren't any more. > ... So, > they need to be copied when the context is being duplicated. Is that > your point, or are you trying to say that they are not _logically_ part > of the context, or are not supposed to be? Exactly the latter: That was AFAIK a design decision, when Dan did introduce CPS. At this time register backing stacks went out of the continuation or whatelse context - IIRC did Dan commit that to CVS himself. So register stacks are *not* included in any context swapping, being it a Continuation or some other context switch. That's it. > JEff leo
