On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:06:51AM -0800, Brent Dax wrote:
> ....or is there no 'set(p, p)' function? If there isn't, why not?
There isn't. Nobody's written it. :)
> Also, a question if/once it exists. I assume it'll make a copy.
Yep. Although I'm not quite sure off-hand how to write it.
> If that's the case, then in this bit of code:
>
> new P0, PerlInt
> new P1, PerlString
> set P1, P0
>
> is P1 a PerlString or a PerlInt? I think PerlString, because otherwise
> there'd be no way to cast between types.
Precisely.
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