Re: Difference between memory and string pools

2002-05-16 Thread Peter Gibbs
Hi Mike > We have three memory_pools: memory, string, and constant_string. Is there > any reason that string and memory are distinct? (aside from code > simplicity). > Seems to create a lot of duplicate logic with the need to support a string > version and a generic buffer version of everything,

RE: PMC pdd's in

2002-05-16 Thread Brent Dax
Dan Sugalski: # At 5:28 PM -0700 5/16/02, Brent Dax wrote: # >Dan Sugalski: # ># Okay, I've checked in the final changes to this edit of # PDD 2, the # # >vtable pdd. Tine to rip into it^W^W^Wexamine it closely. :) # > # >I guess I'm first. # > # >I think the PARROT_TRUE/PARROT_FALSE thing is a

RE: PMC pdd's in

2002-05-16 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 5:28 PM -0700 5/16/02, Brent Dax wrote: >Dan Sugalski: ># Okay, I've checked in the final changes to this edit of PDD 2, the ># vtable pdd. Tine to rip into it^W^W^Wexamine it closely. :) > >I guess I'm first. > >I think the PARROT_TRUE/PARROT_FALSE thing is a Really Bad Idea. I'm not thrilled

RE: PMC pdd's in

2002-05-16 Thread Brent Dax
Dan Sugalski: # Okay, I've checked in the final changes to this edit of PDD 2, the # vtable pdd. Tine to rip into it^W^W^Wexamine it closely. :) I guess I'm first. I think the PARROT_TRUE/PARROT_FALSE thing is a Really Bad Idea. I understand that we need a way to indicate exceptions. However,

Re: Parrot assembler... in parrot?

2002-05-16 Thread Steve Fink
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 04:25:39PM -0300, Daniel Grunblatt wrote: > > On Thu, 9 May 2002, Dan Sugalski wrote: > > > Anyone care to take this task on? It doesn't have to be at all fancy. > > In fact, all it needs to do is handle: > > > >*) Label offset calcs > >*) Explicit, fully-qualifie

PMC pdd's in

2002-05-16 Thread Dan Sugalski
Okay, I've checked in the final changes to this edit of PDD 2, the vtable pdd. Tine to rip into it^W^W^Wexamine it closely. :) -- Dan --"it's like this"--- Dan Sugalski even sam

[netlabs #591] Call me 87596

2002-05-16 Thread Wild Cats
# New Ticket Created by "Wild Cats" # Please include the string: [netlabs #591] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://bugs6.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=591 > Hello I am your hot lil horny toy. I am the one you dream About, I am a very

Difference between memory and string pools

2002-05-16 Thread Mike Lambert
Heya, We have three memory_pools: memory, string, and constant_string. Is there any reason that string and memory are distinct? (aside from code simplicity). In general, is it possible that we will have other constant buffer values besides strings. Basically, how come we don't just have a memor

Re: Parrot assembler... in parrot?

2002-05-16 Thread Daniel Grunblatt
On Thu, 9 May 2002, Dan Sugalski wrote: > Anyone care to take this task on? It doesn't have to be at all fancy. > In fact, all it needs to do is handle: > >*) Label offset calcs >*) Explicit, fully-qualified, opcode names >*) Opcode args as either labels or numbers > > So we'd only p

RE: Where to put #ifs

2002-05-16 Thread Brent Dax
Melvin Smith: # If we are not to put non-embed visible in config.h, we must # pre-process parrot.h, because I need to put symbls such as # EXP_NETWORKING somewhere. # # If you ever develop for Linux kernel you are familiar with # the practice of making new major features config options #

Where to put #ifs

2002-05-16 Thread Melvin Smith
If we are not to put non-embed visible in config.h, we must pre-process parrot.h, because I need to put symbls such as EXP_NETWORKING somewhere. If you ever develop for Linux kernel you are familiar with the practice of making new major features config options Would you like to turn on Netwo

CVS Access

2002-05-16 Thread David M. Lloyd
Is CVS access for Parrot still invitation-only? If not, I would like to request CVS access. I have posted mildly useful patches (mostly warning fixes really) in the past; I don't think any have ever been rejected. The CVS page at dev.perl.org/cvs implies that a maintainer (probably Dan I guess)

Re: macros (was Re: string api)

2002-05-16 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Thu, 16 May 2002, Nicholas Clark wrote: > It's not nice. It's enough to drive people loopy, just looking at the output > of the preprocessor, where one source line has expanded to a 10 line wrapped > monstrosity so right in parenthesis that it couldn't be written with a dozen > Lisp fridge mag

[netlabs #590] Can't Print the Sequence slash + zero

2002-05-16 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Joe Yates # Please include the string: [netlabs #590] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://bugs6.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=590 > Dear all, In parrot code, I'm trying to print the following string: \0 I.e. t