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[COMMIT] Final PMC additions

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From:
Jeff G
Date:
November 29, 2001 22:31
Subject:
[COMMIT] Final PMC additions
Message ID:
3C07278B.FD6A595@speakeasy.net
concat, set, {add,sub,mul,div} implemented.
The following instructions will now work as in perl5...

set P0,3
set P1,"foo"
concat P0,P0,P1 # "3foo"
set P0,3
add P0,P0,P1 # 3
set P0,-13.3
set P1,"13.3"
add P0,P0,P1 # 0 (even though P1 is a string)

The code for add/sub/mul/div has to be able to be simplified somehow. It
passes the requisite tests so I'm calling it good for now, but there's
probably a very simple optimization that I'm missing at 1:30 A.M.

-Jeff
<jgoff@blackboard.com>

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