Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
you change to
$P99 = get_namespace key_or_array
$P0 = $P99['foo']
which also incidentally encourages(!) compilers to cache namespace pointers.
Ooh. I like it very much!
Okay, to flesh this out as a viable alternative, Chip/Patrick we need:
a) a standard pattern for compiler writers to follow to cache namespace
PMCs (various compilers may vary the pattern, but we need one
straightforward base example)
b) a way to access a symbol in the currently selected namespace without
retrieving the namespace by its literal name (this may work out to be
part of the more general caching strategy)
Allison
