documenting interfaces (was Re: Meta-design)

[Bradley M. Kuhn]

Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> [vtable stuff snipped]
 
> I don't think it's too early to be dealing with the way variables are 
> implemented, at least at some level. 

I agree; I didn't mean for it to sound like I was saying otherwise.

> Also, just because we do vtables under the hood doesn't mean that any port
> of perl needs to do it that way--all that's required is to support the
> exposed interface, and the vtable stuff is definitely in the "hidden guts"
> realm.


That's really my point---the interface should be documented outside of the
implementation.  I was just concerned because much of the internals has been
C-specific thus far.


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