Alan Burlison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Mitchell wrote: > > * Is there ever any need to for a PMC type which holds both an int and > > a > > num? In the Perl 5 case we were constrained by code that expected to > > always > > find an int (or a num) in a fixed slot in the SV; with PMCs, all > > access > > to these slots is via methods, so an int-num or num-int conversion can > > be done on the fly. > > There is. You can't necessarily convert on the fly - perl5 allows > dual-typed SVs where the string and number aren't necessarily > interchangable versions of each other.
Ahem, I was asking about int and num, not num and string :-) Dave M
