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

[Nick Ing-Simmons]

Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>At 03:11 PM 8/12/00 -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
>>Nick Ing-Simmons writes:
>>: Chaim Frenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>: >Hmm, will vtbl get rid of all the magic hacks?
>>:
>>: The "mg.c" 'magic hacks' are in essence applying vtable semantics (they
>>: are even called vtables in the sources) to a subset of "values".
>>
>>Well, yes, but there's a linked list of them to allow for MI of
>>magical methods.
>
>Do we want to allow a variable to have multiple types of magic on it 
>simultaneously?

Yes. e.g. a "normal" magic and arbitary number of "tell me when this changes"
magics.  

>
>Yeah, that's an issue. We need to hammer out how much is the responsibility 
>of the vtable functions, and how much is the responsibility of the op 
>functions.
>
>Looks like "tainted" qualifies as the first flag bit in the global flags 
>field...

tainted as magic always struck me as "odd".

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Nick Ing-Simmons