#1190: Replace .globalconst/.const directives by .const/.localconst
(respectively)
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Reporter: kjs | Owner:
Type: RFC | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: none | Version: trunk
Severity: medium | Keywords: PIR, .globalconst, .localconst, .const
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Comment(by kjs):
I thought a bit more on this, and global .consts are more common than
sub-local consts (I think). Following the Huffman principle, I think it
would be nicer then to use '.localconst' for a local const, only
available in a sub, and .const for global constants. (and thus removing
.globalconst).
(I'm not sure where sub-local constants are stored; are they stored in
the constants table of a PBC file? In that case the only thing
preventing code from using a local constant in a global context would be
the pir compiler.)
comments welcome,
kjs
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