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On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:43:28AM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > >Can you clarify what you mean by "deep copy" at least to the pointer level ? > > > >set P0, P1 > > > >should invoke P0's "assignment" vtable function (does anyone know if it > >already > >exists under a different name ?). For the existing PMC's the appropriate > >assignment vtable calls P1's clone function with P0 as the destination. > > The entry's set_xxx, where xxx is integer, number, string, or value. > However, that's not appropriate here--set P0, P1 should just copy the > pointer from P1 to P0. Actually stuffing the value of the PMC pointed to by > P1 into the one pointed to in P0 should be done with a different op. Ok, so set creates an alias. The string set opcode should also create an alias for consistency, no ? -- JasonThread Previous | Thread Next