Re: Ramblings on "base class" for SV etc.

[Dan Sugalski]

At 06:22 AM 8/7/00 -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:
> >>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>DS> I was thinking of that--the int portion has the number of keys/entries 
>for
>DS> both hashes and arrays, the char * holds the pointer to the sparse array
>DS> vector or something. Sounds like a good candidate for Implementation
>DS> Defined Data...
>
>Sounds like one of the vtbl entries would be dump_self

Since I'd like to be able to snapshot running code, yep. Being able to 
serialize objects and whiz 'em across the net, or save their state and pick 
up later, is one of my wishlist items. (I have an RFC on that... :)

>Hmm, will vtbl get rid of all the magic hacks?

Nope, of course not. It'll just make the magic different.

                                        Dan

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