Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Here's my proposal:
* Basics:
Parrot uses nested hashes for namespaces (like perl does).
* Relative roots:
Namespace lookup starts from a 'root' namespace (think root directory). Here the P2 argument holds the root namespace to start the lookup from:
find_global P1, P2, ['global', 'namespace', 'hierarchy'], "thingname"
I like that except: *again* above syntax sucks.
find_global P1, P2 ['global'; 'namespace'; 'hierarchy'; "thingname" ]
No. The thing will be a separate parameter.
The original syntax would need heavy modifications in the assembler, the latter fits nicely.
We can cope. The assembler needs a good kick with regards to keyed stuff anyway, I expect, and we're going to need this for constructing keys at runtime, something we've not, as yet, addressed.
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