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Re: PDD 2, vtables

From:
Branden
Date:
February 6, 2001 11:19
Subject:
Re: PDD 2, vtables
Message ID:
OE22ESFEgoAA9alpxms0000310f@hotmail.com
Simon Cozens wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:01:38PM -0200, Branden wrote:
> > How is a list currently (Perl5) implemented?
>
> It's a bunch of SVs sitting on the stack, followed by a mark.
>

Where can I find how Perl5's stack works (specially about parameter passing
and returning from subs)?

- Branden

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