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On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> Do pmc files get turned pretty directly into C code?
Yes.
> > void set_bignum (PMC* value) {
> > /* XXX not sure if this can be optimized further safely */
> > // SELF->cache.struct_val = (DPOINTER*)value->vtable->get_bignum(INTERP, value);
> > /* SELF->vtable = &(Parrot_base_vtables[enum_class_PerlBigNum]); */
> > }
>
> And if pmc files get turned pretty directly into C code, do the C++ style
> comments stay in there? If yes and yes, then the patch won't be acceptable
Yes. It needs to be changed to a C-style comment.
Simon
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