On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 01:55:03PM +0000, Martin Stjernholm, Roxen IS @ Pike developers forum wrote: > You mean .pmod vs .pike files? Looking in the objects mapping in the > master should be a fairly reliable to tell whether something is a > module.
ah, right. > Strings cast to objects end up there too, but that's an uncommon thing > to do (I think that should be an error instead - such quirky and > unintuitive casts are just confusing). i am guilty of having done that. but you do have a point. although, it IS useful to create singleton objects: > ((program)"someclass.pike")() == ((program)"someclass.pike")(); Result: 0 > ((object)"someclass.pike") == ((object)"someclass.pike"); Result: 1 > > there appears to be a difference between what _typeof() finds, > Isn't it better to use the describe_* functions in the master, or take > a look at how they do it? It's probably the same functions _typeof > itself is using. the describe_functions are not generic, means, i'd have to do multiple tests, and it still does not make it any easier to get the type. greetings, martin.
