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Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org> writes: > At 10:32 AM 9/4/2001 +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > > > * Methods get their parameters passed in as a list in PMC register 0, > > > * unless we can unambiguously figure out their prototype at > > > * compilation time > > > >Will the subroutine know how it was called? (ie: Through method > >dispatch or through straightforward symbol table lookup. I'm really > >hoping the answer to this is 'yes'.) Or will methods and subroutines > >be distinct now? > > I suppose we could, and I don't know. > > Can you see any use of a sub knowing it was called via a method call? Yes. Especially if that comes with knowledge of what symbol table the sub was found in. Then I could write HYPER.pm, a runtime equivalent of SUPER::, and I believe that Damian's very lovely NEXT.pm could become substantially more reliable too. -- Piers Cawley www.iterative-software.comThread Previous | Thread Next