On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 05:44, Steve Wampler wrote:
> (3) Please explain how the implementation would handle the following:
>
> global x, a
> ...
> f()
> pull(a)
> g()
> ...
>
> procedure g()
> write(.x) # I'm assuming explicit deferencing, so it's
> end # easier to discuss...
>
>
> (3a) procedure f()
> local y
> x := $y # note that y is an offset from the frame
> # pointer, and that, (*I think*) if the
> call is
> # inside a co-expression, then garbage
> # collection may change the actual
> location of
> # the frame in memory.
> end
>
> (3b) procedure f()
> a := [1,2,3,4,5]
> x := $a[5]
> end
Add:
(3c)
procedure f()
local y
x := $y
collect()
g()
end
Note, I'm not suggesting that these are 'impossible'
cases, but just that I believe there is a lot that
has to be considered and handled, and it's not
necessarily obvious how to do so. The student
project Clint mentioned is probably the best place
to start!
--
Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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