Hello again,
In Pugs, we are currently trying to figure out how classes are
initialized with $repr types other than P6opaque. My interpretation
of S12 is that P6opaque types are initialized as follows (by default):
&new is called with named arguments, it then calls &bless passing in
'P6opaque' as the $repr type, and the named arguments after it.
&bless then calls &CREATE, which constructs the opaque type using all
the attributes of the class (which are collected in
'descendent' (BUILD) order). At this point &BUILDALL is called, which
itself calls all the &BUILD methods is can find (again in
'descendent' order).
S12 lists several other $repr types which &CREATE accepts such as
P6hash, P5hash, P5array, PyDict & Cstruct. Some of these types are
more conducive to construction in the manner in which &CREATE
constructs P6opaques. These seem to be separate from the $canidate
argument for &bless, which seems to work similar to how P5's &bless
worked.
So my question is: What is the purpose of the different $repr types?
Should the other $repr types be used in the same manner as P6opaque?
Just alternate types of internal storage. Or should using these other
$repr types act more like blessing these same/similar types (blessing
a hash, blessing an array, etc).
Thanks,
Stevan
