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In languages/perl5/src/pmc/perlnum.pmc:get_string() there is the todo item:
/*
Shouldn't the get_number() method use string_from_num, instead of
calling sprintf/snprintf?
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Benjamin Goldberg wrote:
Shouldn't the get_number() method use string_from_num, instead of
calling sprintf/snprintf?
I've just tried this, and a number of tests break. There seem to be two
main reasons. Firstly, some tests were assuming that stringified PerlNums
would
diff -r -u parrot-current/classes/perlnum.pmc parrot-andy/classes/perlnum.pmc
--- parrot-current/classes/perlnum.pmc Sun Nov 25 23:58:52 2001
+++ parrot-andy/classes/perlnum.pmc Wed Nov 28 11:23:43 2001
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
}
void set_integer (PMC* value) {
-//SELF-vtable
While your point is taken, it's hardly considered C++ anymore. Many
C-compilers have adopted many such useful features.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Andy Dougherty wrote:
diff -r -u parrot-current/classes/perlnum.pmc parrot-andy/classes/perlnum.pmc
void set_integer (PMC* value
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Michael Maraist wrote:
While your point is taken, it's hardly considered C++ anymore. Many
C-compilers have adopted many such useful features.
Your point is also taken, but Useful feature originating in C++ but since
adapted by many (but not all) ANSI compilers and hence
no gcc.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Andy Dougherty wrote:
diff -r -u parrot-current/classes/perlnum.pmc parrot-andy/classes/perlnum.pmc
void set_integer (PMC* value) {
-//SELF-vtable = (Parrot_base_vtables[enum_class_PerlInt]);
+ /* SELF-vtable = (Parrot_base_vtables
