Leopold Toetsch wrote:
> Nothing against the tests - it's always a good thing to have tests - but
> I'm confused:
>
> inline op set(inout PMC, in INT) {
> $1->vtable->set_integer_native(interpreter, $1, $2);
> goto NEXT();
> }
> inline op assign(inout PMC, in INT) {
> $1->vtable->set_integer_native(interpreter, $1, $2);
> goto NEXT();
> }
>
> and so on.
>
> So what is the _difference_ between set and assign?
The 'assign' opcodes were intended to replace 'set' for the
situations where the value of a PMC was being updated,
rather than the PMC register being changed.
There are a lot of changes needed to existing code (e.g.
most of the tests) before the 'set' versions can be deleted.
--
Peter Gibbs
EmKel Systems
