On 05/03/02 00:23 -0500, Sam Tregar wrote: > Hello all. I've been reading through the Inline::C docs lately and this > section strikes me as pure FUD: > > All of this functionality is available through XS macro calls as well. > So why duplicate the functionality? [ ... ] Third, for future > compatibility. It occurred to me that if a lot of people started using > XS macros for their C code, the interface might break under Perl6. By > using this set, hopefully I will be able to insure future > compatibility of argument handling. > > Of course, if you use the rest of the Perl API, your code will most likely > break under Perl6. So this is not a 100% guarantee. But since argument > handling is the most common interface you're likely to use, it seemed like > a wise thing to do. > > Why is this FUD?
I wrote that doc way back in August 2000, the birthmonth of Inline. It sounded like a reasonable assumption at the time. Who knew we'd be in bed with snakes :) Anyway, you're right Sam. I'll take that junk out next release. Cheers, Brian
