RFC 227 (v2) Extend the window to turn on taint mode

2000-09-18 Thread Perl6 RFC Librarian
This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE Extend the window to turn on taint mode =head1 VERSION Maintainer: Adam Turoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 14 Sep 2000 Last Modified: 18 Sep 2000 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Number: 227 Versio

Re: Accessing a variable's attributes (was Re: RFC 241 (v1) ...)

2000-09-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 01:46 PM 9/18/00 -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote: >On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 04:04:56PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:51:52AM -0400, John Porter wrote: > > > I would think that if it could be done at all, > > > it would only be in extension (formerly XS) code. > > > > W

Re: Accessing a variable's attributes (was Re: RFC 241 (v1) ...)

2000-09-18 Thread Simon Cozens
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 01:46:57PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote: > I'll have to go with John here. Mucking about with variable attribute > flags (with the exceptions of the fixed set which have been proposed) > falls firmly into the "hard but possible" realm of things. It should > be done in X

Re: Accessing a variable's attributes (was Re: RFC 241 (v1) ...)

2000-09-18 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 04:04:56PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:51:52AM -0400, John Porter wrote: > > I would think that if it could be done at all, > > it would only be in extension (formerly XS) code. > > Why? I don't want to go to C just to add a flag to a variable.

Re: Perl Implementation Language

2000-09-18 Thread Tom Hughes
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for the language we implement perl in (and thus ultimately need to > translate to the compiler-target language), I'm thinking of something like > Chip's PIL. (Or PIL itself--I've not actually seen it) Is there

Re: Accessing a variable's attributes (was Re: RFC 241 (v1) ...)

2000-09-18 Thread John Porter
Simon Cozens wrote: > > (The deadline for collecting ideas passed two weeks ago. Why is this all > still going on?) Because there are still many worthy ideas which have not surfaced yet. Which is the higher priority? -- John Porter We're building the house of the future together.

Re: Threading Debate-- Where ??

2000-09-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 03:28 PM 9/18/00 +, John van V wrote: >I have personally agonized about the threading issue, basically w/o every >writing a usable script in it. > >I would like to know where the archive is, its not really obvious, before >comenting that we may need two cores, on with one w/o. Well, y

Threading Debate-- Where ??

2000-09-18 Thread John van V
I have personally agonized about the threading issue, basically w/o every writing a usable script in it. I would like to know where the archive is, its not really obvious, before comenting that we may need two cores, on with one w/o. cheers, john

Re: Accessing a variable's attributes (was Re: RFC 241 (v1) ...)

2000-09-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 04:04 PM 9/18/00 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: >On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:51:52AM -0400, John Porter wrote: > > I would think that if it could be done at all, > > it would only be in extension (formerly XS) code. > >Why? I don't want to go to C just to add a flag to a variable. That smacks of >ma

Re: Accessing a variable's attributes (was Re: RFC 241 (v1) ...)

2000-09-18 Thread Simon Cozens
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:51:52AM -0400, John Porter wrote: > Are all the possible attributes going to be predefined, or can the > user define new ones? The user should be able to do anything they damn well like. This is, allegedly, Perl, which means it's about making it easy to do what the pro

Accessing a variable's attributes (was Re: RFC 241 (v1) ...)

2000-09-18 Thread John Porter
Peter Scott wrote: > > How about an attribute for hashes: > > my %foo : fixed; Has anyone talked about the ability to access the attributes attached to a variable? Are all the possible attributes going to be predefined, or can the user define new ones? I would think that if it coul