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Gurusamy Sarathy wrote: > On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:16:30 BST, Alan Burlison wrote: > >Sorry - what I mean is that the code in pp_aelem specifically checks for > >magic and then calls sv_mortalcopy only if the sv is magical. If it is > >not magical the call to sv_mortalcopy doesn't happen. > > Yes that's intentional, and the comment and test cases explain why. Absolutely - so that localisation of tied values will work. > >And a little guidance is likely to avoid wasted effort and frustration. > >At the moment the only patch I'm likely to submit will croak if it > >detects a self-tie. Is this what is wanted? > > I'm avoiding making any statements about it one way or another, since > I have no experience with self ties, and don't wish to make any > proclamations about how they ought to work with my limited experience. :-) Well, at the moment they don't work at all, and cause the interpreter to dump core. In my books that makes them a bug. Alan BurlisonThread Previous | Thread Next