On Sat Aug 09 10:31:37 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Saturday 09 August 2008 06:33:46 James Keenan via RT wrote:
>
> > > What purpose remains, then, for either tools/dev/ops_renum.mak or
> my
> > > alternative, tools/dev/opsrenumber.pl? Is such a program only
> intended
> > > to provide a number for newly added opcodes?
>
>
>
> Hm, I missed the question the first time. The program renumbers
> opcodes when
> adding or removing one or more opcodes. (Removing is less likely as
> time
> goes by, but we reserve the right to do so for the forseeable future.)
>
Hmm ... it appears to me that particle took a harder line earlier in
this RT against removal: "in an attempt to keep bytecode compatible
across versions of parrot, opcodes can never be deleted."
Do we have a disagreement there? If not, I'd like to know whether my
replacement script DTRT or needs fixing ('cause I'm more confused than
when i started).
Thank you very much.
kid51
