RE: XS in Perl 6

2002-09-13 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 5:09 PM -0700 9/12/02, David Whipp wrote: Aaron Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I'm thinking XS thoughts because we're going to need a few external things at SOME point It would be so nice if Perl 6's XS was part of the language, rather than an external pre-processor. [

RE: XS in Perl 6

2002-09-12 Thread David Whipp
Aaron Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I'm thinking XS thoughts because we're going to need a few external things at SOME point It would be so nice if Perl 6's XS was part of the language, rather than an external pre-processor. [ some interesting stuff] Thoughts? Its good to

RE: XS in Perl 6

2002-09-12 Thread Brent Dax
Aaron Sherman: # I'm thinking XS thoughts because we're going to need a few # external things at SOME point It would be so nice if Perl # 6's XS was part of the language, rather than an external # pre-processor. # # Something like: # # module somesuch; # use External

RE: XS in Perl 6

2002-09-12 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 20:09, David Whipp wrote: Aaron Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I'm thinking XS thoughts because we're going to need a few external things at SOME point It would be so nice if Perl 6's XS was part of the language, rather than an external pre-processor.

RE: XS in Perl 6

2002-09-12 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 21:10, Brent Dax wrote: Aaron Sherman: # I'm thinking XS thoughts # Something like: # # module somesuch; # use External (language=C); # sub chdir(string $path //= $ENV{HOME}) is # external(returns='int'); I prefer: module System::FS is

RE: XS in Perl 6

2002-09-12 Thread Brent Dax
Aaron Sherman: # On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 21:10, Brent Dax wrote: # Aaron Sherman: # # I'm thinking XS thoughts # # # Something like: # # # # module somesuch; # # use External (language=C); # # sub chdir(string $path //= $ENV{HOME}) is # # external(returns='int'); # # I