Re: [perl #45453] [PROPOSAL][IMCC] Change .HLL_map to take STRINGC args instead of INTC

2007-09-15 Thread Allison Randal
Klaas-Jan Stol (via RT) wrote: I propose to change this into: HLL_map "Integer", "TclNumber" Agreed and approved. for reasons of consistency (and aren't the type id's thrown out completely?) Yup. They're headed toward complete and permanent removal (kicked the bucket, shuffed off 'is mor

[perl #45453] [PROPOSAL][IMCC] Change .HLL_map to take STRINGC args instead of INTC

2007-09-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Klaas-Jan Stol # Please include the string: [perl #45453] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=45453 > Hi, now that it's bad practice (or is it removed already?) to use "new .Integer", in

Re: Discussion of pdd07_codingstd.pod

2007-09-15 Thread Allison Randal
Paul Cochrane wrote: =item * Under "Language Standards and Portability" there is the todo item: {{ RT#45359: Enumerate all other non-C89 assumptions that Parrot depends on. }} Currently we have such assumptions as: In addition, C code may assume that any pointer value can be coerced to

[svn:parrot-pdd] r21303 - trunk/docs/pdds

2007-09-15 Thread allison
Author: allison Date: Sat Sep 15 15:57:40 2007 New Revision: 21303 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd07_codingstd.pod Log: [pdd] Trim down optimization guidelines in coding standards PDD. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd07_codingstd.pod ===

Re: Test coverage of Parrot's C-language components

2007-09-15 Thread Joshua Isom
I'm curious about the test coverage some of the listings. There's 100% coverage of src/pmc/compiler.pmc but 12.5% coverage of src/pmc/compiler.c which is created from compiler.pmc. With the inheritence of pmc's, won't that screw with the coverage reports as well? But, as a side note, when I

[not ticketed] Re: graceful "no compiler" error message?

2007-09-15 Thread Allison Randal
James Keenan via RT wrote: I've been discussing with Alan Rocker a research project in which we would develop a table or spreadsheet that maps all the Configure.pl command-line options to the configuration steps in which they are, can be, cannot be, or should not be used. We're doing this as pa

launched PMC PDD

2007-09-15 Thread Allison Randal
I just launched PDD 17 out of the drafts directory, which marks it as ready for implementation. Jonathan Worthington and chromatic have volunteered to work with me on implementing the refinements to the PMC design. Allison

[perl #42352] [TODO] fix or remove strange TODO item in hash() op

2007-09-15 Thread Allison Randal via RT
The hash opcode and vtable function are deprecated in PDD 17. (Neither are used or useful.)

[svn:parrot-pdd] r21302 - in trunk: . docs/pdds docs/pdds/draft

2007-09-15 Thread allison
Author: allison Date: Sat Sep 15 09:55:46 2007 New Revision: 21302 Added: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd17_pmc.pod - copied unchanged from r21301, /trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd17_pmc.pod Removed: trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd17_pmc.pod Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/MA

Test coverage of Parrot's C-language components

2007-09-15 Thread Paul Cochrane
Hi everyone, I finally managed to get the 'make cover' target working so that we can now see the test coverage of the C-language parts of Parrot. kid51++ (Jim Keenan) has been kind enough to give me space on his web server to put the current coverage results, which you can find here: http://thenc

Re: [svn:parrot] r21282 - trunk/src/pmc

2007-09-15 Thread chromatic
On Friday 14 September 2007 10:32:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Modified: trunk/src/pmc/orderedhash.pmc > === >=== --- trunk/src/pmc/orderedhash.pmc   (original) > +++ trunk/src/pmc/orderedhash.pmc   Fri Sep 14 10:32:3