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Re: An overview of the Parrot interpreter

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From:
Sam Tregar
Date:
September 3, 2001 18:47
Subject:
Re: An overview of the Parrot interpreter
Message ID:
Pine.LNX.4.33.0109032139100.8514-100000@localhost.localdomain
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Dan Sugalski wrote:

> I'm not entirely sure how much this'll be used, but I really, *really* want
> to be able to call any sub that qualifies as an op rather than as a sub.

What would a sub have to do (be?) to qualify?

> >I don't understand this restriction.  Won't it make implementing variadic
> >functions more difficult?
>
> Varadic functions that take actual integers, floats, or strings, yes.
> Varadic functions that take parrot variables (i.e. PMCs) no.

Right, so why make the former hard?  Is there an upside to the
restriction?

-sam
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