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On tisdag, jan 21, 2003, at 09:40 Europe/Stockholm, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote: > <hv@crypt.org> writes: >> Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@free.fr> wrote: >> :Dave Mitchell wrote: >> :> If this is the case, we could steal the unused 0x10 bit of HINTS >> and >> :> use that to do the signalling, by appropriately modifying >> pp_dbstate() and >> :> Perl_magic_setdbline(). >> :> >> :> How does that sound as a plan? >> : >> :I approve. _Untested_ first shot : >> >> Sounds good to me. I think we should use 0x20 though, and let Arthur >> take 0x10 if he's prepared to come up with a name and patch for it. > > /* #define HINT_notused10 0x00000010 */ > /* Note: 20,40,80 used for NATIVE_HINTS */ > /* currently defined by vms/vmsish.h */ > So breaking VMS is okay? > > I suggest we use the op_special flag instead ArthurThread Previous | Thread Next