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 making

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: 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. That