Stéphane Payrard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Example: > .sym scalar var > new var, .Perlint # the instance is a substype of C<scalar>
.sym pmc var is as good. There isn't any difference. Its even simpler for compiler writers. > My understanding is that we already have that. C<noinit> types > define methods used by derived types. So I still fail to > understand the difference between C<noinit> and C<abstract> AFAIK: C<abstract> would be the thing with a vtable which is never instantiated. It could be useful for overriding a bunch of dynamic vtable methods on behalf of derived types. We don't have that currently. > stef leo
