On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:21 AM, via RT Will Coleda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Will Coleda > # Please include the string: [perl #55040] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=55040 > > > > While this may have served a pedagogical purpose some time ago*, it's > better left in the docs as an example of what not to do (and that even > if core parrot is safe, we need to be careful of dynamically loaded > opcodes! They're not safe!), but as has been pointed out many times in > many tickets, it's just a waste of time for people trying to help us > test parrot. > > Regards. > > *I'm being generous, I'm pretty sure it was something stupid that's > mostly my fault. > -- > Will "Coke" Coleda
Even if there is disagreement on whether the opcode itself should be removed, there appears to be consensus that the tests need to be removed. We can always do that first to deal with the tickets relating to that, and then discuss the merits of having the opcode in parrot after that. -- Will "Coke" Coleda
