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Re: pmc RECALL command for preprocessor

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From:
steve
Date:
July 23, 2002 17:39
Subject:
Re: pmc RECALL command for preprocessor
Message ID:
20020724003736.GE32305@localhost.localdomain
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 02:47:01PM -0400, Tanton Gibbs wrote:
> 
> The RECALL command automates that so that set_string now looks like:
> 
> void set_string( PMC* value ) {
>   CHANGE_TYPE( pmc, PerlString );
>   RECALL;
> }
> 
> will be turned into the correct code shown above.  By
> using the RECALL command we get correct semantics
> and no copy and paste bugs.
> 
> Does that make sense?

Any chance you could come up with another name? RECALL() to me
immediately suggests 'recall', not 're-call'. REINVOKE()?
DOITOVERAGAINBUTDOITRIGHTTHISTIME()? RE_CALL()? CHAIN()?


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