Re: setref a misnomer?

2004-11-03 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just spent some time debugging a problem which turned out to be due to > the "set" operator not doing what I expected (i.e., calling pmc_set). > In retrospect, what set id doing is perfectly defensible, but "setref", > as implemented by PerlScalar, remains co

setref a misnomer?

2004-11-02 Thread Sam Ruby
I just spent some time debugging a problem which turned out to be due to the "set" operator not doing what I expected (i.e., calling pmc_set). In retrospect, what set id doing is perfectly defensible, but "setref", as implemented by PerlScalar, remains counter intuitive, at least to me: .sub ma