Re: [RFC] PerlHash vs FiniteMapping

2002-07-23 Thread John Porter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My opinion: rename the current PerlHash to Hash, and create > a new PMC PerlHash that does PMC->PMC mappings. How about two hash types: one that does shallow comparisons and one that does deep comparisons. Which one Perl6 should use would be an open question, I guess.

Re: [RFC] PerlHash vs FiniteMapping

2002-07-23 Thread steve
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 03:29:46PM +0100, Alberto Manuel Brand?o Sim?es wrote: > Hi > > Some of you (Dan) knows that I'm working on a project to generate Parrot > code from a specification programming language. > > On these language, data-structures are very similar with mathematical > construc

[RFC] PerlHash vs FiniteMapping

2002-07-17 Thread Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões
Hi Some of you (Dan) knows that I'm working on a project to generate Parrot code from a specification programming language. On these language, data-structures are very similar with mathematical constructs. I will need a finite mapping (or finite function) which maps objects (any type) to object