Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Excellent!
Welcome.
> Question: what is the difference (conceptually) between "new" and
> "instantiate"? If they are different, these differences should be
> highlighted. If not, the opcode should be named the same in both cases.
$ perldoc -F ops/pmc.ops
instantiate(out PMC)
Create a new PMC of the type of class REG_PMC(2). This
is a classmethod. Arguments are passed according to
the calling conventions in
docs/pdds/pdd03_calling_conventions.pod. See also the
getclass opcode to get a class PMC.
> Also, I would prefer not to have to deal with implicit registers.
How do you pass a variable amount of initializers then?
E.g.
.local pmc cl, o
cl = getclass "Complex"
o = cl."instantiate"(2, 3)
o = cl."instantiate"("2 + 3i")
> - Sam Ruby
leo
