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2011/6/13 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 06:58:34PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote:
>> Sigh,
>> bfa148846 Reorder ops so that trans{,r} and aelemfast{,_lex} are adjacent
>>
>> This reshuffles for no apparent win all op numbers > 35, and thus
>> makes it very hard
>> to maintain .pmc bytecode compatibility.
>> New ops should go to the end.
>
> This isn't a change that gets into a maint branch.
>
> You have bytecode compatibility between different major versions of Perl 5?
>
> How does that work, given that this is between versions that can well have
> different SV flags (if not different meanings for the SV types), can have
> different op flags (or different meaning for the op flags), and different ops
> available.
>
>> I know this is Nick and he will not care at all but can someone else
>> support my argument?
>
> Phrasing it like that is likely to *reduce* your chances of getting anyone
> to do what you request.
I'm sorry, Nick.You are right of course. I should not have done that at all.
Thanks for keeping patient with me.
Actually I am quite happy with most of your improvements and I like
you a lot, personally.
It's quite hard to undo angry emails, once they are sent out. It's a
dangerous thing.
--
Reini
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