Re: [perl #40968] [BUG] :multi doesn't seem to work right

2006-11-23 Thread chromatic
On Thursday 23 November 2006 08:48, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > Here's a more detailed use case of why the current semantics > aren't useful.  For subroutine calls, PAST-pm tries to pass > constants directly to subroutines (when it can) rather than > creating temporary PMCs and passing those.  For

Re: [perl #40968] [BUG] :multi doesn't seem to work right

2006-11-23 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:20:58PM +0100, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 22. November 2006 21:03 schrieb Leopold Toetsch: > > Am Mittwoch, 22. November 2006 18:03 schrieb Patrick R.Michaud: > > > Is this a bug (I think it is), or does the underscore in > > > > > > :multi mean something other

Re: [perl #40968] [BUG] :multi doesn't seem to work right

2006-11-22 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Am Mittwoch, 22. November 2006 21:03 schrieb Leopold Toetsch: > Am Mittwoch, 22. November 2006 18:03 schrieb Patrick R.Michaud: > > Is this a bug (I think it is), or does the underscore in > > > > :multi mean something other than "any argument"? > > The meaning is 'any PMC' [1], and it of course ca

Re: [perl #40968] [BUG] :multi doesn't seem to work right

2006-11-22 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Am Mittwoch, 22. November 2006 18:03 schrieb Patrick R.Michaud: > Is this a bug (I think it is), or does the underscore in > > :multi mean something other than "any argument"? The meaning is 'any PMC' [1], and it of course can't be a bug as there are no specs ;) leo [1] multi_type: compilers/i

[perl #40968] [BUG] :multi doesn't seem to work right

2006-11-22 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Patrick R. Michaud # Please include the string: [perl #40968] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=40968 > I'm filing this as a bug report, but it could just be that I don't understand how