Re: cvs commit: parrot/dynclasses pybuiltin.pmc pyclass.pmc pyfunc.pmc pylist.pmc pynone.pmc

[Sam Ruby]

Leopold Toetsch wrote:
Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 --- nci.pmc    7 May 2004 10:33:26 -0000       1.27
 +++ nci.pmc    20 Dec 2004 22:27:11 -0000      1.28

 +=item C<PMC* get_attr_str(STRING *name)>
 +
 +Return attribute named C<name>.
 +
 +=cut
 +
 +*/
 +
 +    PMC* get_attr_str(STRING* idx) {
 +        return VTABLE_getprop(INTERP, SELF, idx);
 +    }
 +
  }
What is the rational for this pythonism in Parrot core?
Good catch.  I've added the following directly to nci.pmc both to 
capture the rationale and to record a TODO.

--- nci.pmc     20 Dec 2004 22:27:11 -0000      1.28
+++ nci.pmc     21 Dec 2004 11:50:16 -0000
@@ -159,6 +159,16 @@
 =cut
+TODO: refactor into a separate subclass, and either modify Pmc2c.pm and
+enter_nci_method to directly build this subclass, or add code to morph
+NCI instances into the correct subclass later.
+
+The line of code in test case t/pie/b3 that motivates this is:
+
+  print "using", cmp.__name__
+
+Where cmp may be a NCI subroutine.
+
 */
     PMC* get_attr_str(STRING* idx) {