Author: coke
Date: Mon Oct 10 10:31:44 2005
New Revision: 9433
Modified:
trunk/DEPRECATED
Log:
podify DEPRECATED, add Ticket #36283
Modified: trunk/DEPRECATED
==============================================================================
--- trunk/DEPRECATED (original)
+++ trunk/DEPRECATED Mon Oct 10 10:31:44 2005
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-Deprecated opcodes
+=head1 Deprecated opcodes
-newsub Pdest, IType, ILabel
+=over 4
+
+=item newsub Pdest, IType, ILabel
C<newsub> creates a subroutine object just from a label. The
Sub object is lacking necessary meta information like name, length,
@@ -8,23 +10,29 @@ MMD-info, and more.
Use: find_name, find_global, or Sub constants instead.
-Register stack opcodes
+=item Register stack opcodes
pop{i,s,p,n}, popbottom{i,s,p,n}, poptop{i,s,p,n},
push{i,s,p,n}, pushbottom{i,s,p,n}, pushtop{i,s,p,n},
savetop, restoretop,
- With the upcoming variable-sized register frame handling these opcodes
- will stop working and are useless anyway.
+With the upcoming variable-sized register frame handling these opcodes
+will stop working and are useless anyway.
+
+use saveall/restoreall (whole register frame) or
+user stack opcodes save/restore instead.
- use saveall/restoreall (whole register frame) or
- user stack opcodes save/restore instead.
+=back
-FUTURE changes
+=head1 FUTURE changes
Not yet deprecated, but it's recommended to use the new syxtax and
gradually change the old.
+=over
+
+=item Chip's colon
+
Subroutine attributes will use the colon syntax:
.sub foo method, @MULTI(x,y) => .sub foo :method :multi(x,y)
@@ -33,7 +41,28 @@ Subroutine attributes will use the colon
The new syntax uses no comma separators and all sub attributes are lower
case and prefixed by a colon.
-Class name IDs will require a dot in front
+=item Class name IDs
+
+... will require a dot in front
$P0 = new Integer => $P0 = new .Integer
+=item Assignment syntax with opcodes [#36283]
+
+When the first argument of an opcode is C<OUT>, then the assignment syntax
+will be allowed, as it is today.
+
+In any other case (i.e. C<INOUT>, C<IN>), this will become
+a syntax error. For example:
+
+ $S0 = print
+ $P0 = substr 1, 2, "x"
+
+Will have to be:
+
+ print $S0
+ substr $P0, 1, 2, "x"
+
+
+
+=back
