Creating a New Object (was Re: [TODO] Implement .loadlib pragma in IMCC)

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On Wednesday 12 July 2006 11:27, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> The perl6 compiler has a custom string type, currently called
> "Perl6Str".  What's the canonically correct mechanism for creating
> an object of that type?
>
>     $P0 = new 'Perl6Str'
>     $P0 = new .Perl6Str
>     $P0 = new [ 'Perl6Str' ]
>
> At different stages of Parrot development I've seen different
> answers to this question, so it'd be helpful to know what's "correct".

I tend to use:

        .local int str_type
        str_type = find_type [ 'Perl6Str' ]

        .local pmc p6str
        p6str    = new str_type

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