On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, John Porter wrote:
>
> > But what about setting size on multdimensional PMC's
> > would it also be:
> > set P0,5,5,5
> > assembler.pl would try to call
> > set_p_ic_ic_ic
> > This will break things when having N dimensions..
>
> I don't see how it could possible be workable
> to have all the indices listed out in the instruction...
> since the possible number of dimensions is >>1
> (no, not right-shift 1)
> That's too many instructions and an onerous and
> arbitrary limitation.
In my example above i tried to show that it will be impossible to have it
the way it's right now. So as you say It isnt possible therefore
we need some other key mangling stuff..
/Josef
>
> That's why I proposed the index vector PMC type.
> Gather all the indices up into a single thing.
> (Well, not a separate type, necessarily, but a
> special use for an array (or tuple) variable.)
>
> # P0[1][3][5] = 7;
> set P1, 0, 1
> set P1, 1, 3
> set P1, 2, 5
> set P0, P1, 7
>
> And if the length of the vector doesn't match
> the dimensionality of the array, throw up.
>
> --
> JohnDouglasPorter
>
>
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