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2007-07-23 Thread Parrot Bug Summary
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[perl #44053] string_nprintf should be two functions

2007-07-23 Thread Will Coleda via RT
On Thu Jul 19 08:51:35 2007, petdance wrote: > There should be an in-place, and a string-returner, but not both in > one func. > Ack -a shows this function is only ever called from the test suite. Does that make it removable? (and therefore obviate the need for this ticket?)

[perl #44109] [TODO] review Parrot_add_to_free_list()

2007-07-23 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #44109] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=44109 > "Parrot_add_to_free_list() in src/gc/smallobject.c could use a thorough review." -- c

Re: [svn:parrot] r20101 - in trunk: . tools/build

2007-07-23 Thread Kevin Tew
Nope it isn't. I debated the fix. Of course the return NULL isn't reachable either so we should remove it too. But that will cause compiler warnings for not having a return value. My thinking was that, should someone, someday change PANIC into a recoverable error, this will prevent leakage. Ok

Re: [svn:parrot] r20125 - trunk/docs/dev

2007-07-23 Thread chromatic
On Monday 23 July 2007 11:14:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > +=head2 NULLOK(x) > + > +For function arguments and variables where it's OK to pass in NULL. > +For example, if we wrote C in Parrot, it would be > +C. strlen? -- c

Re: [svn:parrot] r20101 - in trunk: . tools/build

2007-07-23 Thread chromatic
On Monday 23 July 2007 17:57:29 Kevin Tew wrote: > Nope it isn't. > I debated the fix. > > Of course the return NULL isn't reachable either so we should remove it > too. But that will cause compiler warnings for not having a return value. > > My thinking was that, should someone, someday change PA

[svn:parrot-pdd] r20135 - in trunk: . docs/pdds

2007-07-23 Thread jonathan
Author: jonathan Date: Mon Jul 23 21:22:21 2007 New Revision: 20135 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd13_bytecode.pod Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/PBC_COMPAT Log: [PDD13] Bring format of PBC_COMPAT and the specification in line with each other. Modified: trunk

Re: [svn:parrot] r20101 - in trunk: . tools/build

2007-07-23 Thread Andy Lester
On Jul 23, 2007, at 5:57 PM, Kevin Tew wrote: My thinking was that, should someone, someday change PANIC into a recoverable error, this will prevent leakage. Ok its a stretch. :) if it's unreachable, we need to get rid of it. PANIC is a dead-end. xoa -- Andy Lester => [EMAIL PROTECTED] =

Re: [svn:parrot] r20101 - in trunk: . tools/build

2007-07-23 Thread Andy Lester
On Jul 23, 2007, at 7:21 PM, chromatic wrote: I'm okay with that, but we should also decorate PANIC with PARROT_DOES_NOT_RETURN, which I believe *should* help compilers. I'm all over it, long ago. PANIC just wraps do_panic which is so decorated. -- Andy Lester => [EMAIL PROTECTED] => ww