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Re: [perl #8860] [not RESOLVED] .pmc extension not documented in require

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Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
May 12, 2003 09:22
Subject:
Re: [perl #8860] [not RESOLVED] .pmc extension not documented in require
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20030512162205.2067.19@bactrian.elixent.com
Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com> writes:
>In article <20030511225047.6b713c9b.rgarciasuarez@free.fr>,
> rgarciasuarez@free.fr (Rafael Garcia-Suarez) writes:
>>Slaven Rezic wrote:
>>> Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ing-simmons.net> writes:
>>> > 
>>> > IIRC we decided that .pmc logic was going to be deprecated or deleted.
>>> 
>>> Or maybe better to hide the logic behind #ifdef's.
>>
>>I'd like to hide it behind a "#ifndef PERL_USE_PMC_FILES".
>>So the functionality is here unless we want to build a perl tailored
>>for compilation speed (CGI applications come to mind.)
>>
>>Or do we really want to kill .pmc files ? That somehow implies
>>some lack of support for B::Bytecode. (not untrue.)
>
>Well if we keep them with the same name won't they be a bit confusing
>for people when Perl 6/Parrot comes out with a different idea of what a
>.pmc file is?

Ah yes that was the other reason I had 'em on my hit list.

-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons
http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/


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