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From:
Brent Dax
Date:
July 23, 2002 18:25
Subject:
RE: pmc RECALL command for preprocessor
Message ID:
001401c232b2$0ad78860$6501a8c0@deepblue
steve@fink.com:
# 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()?

AGAIN()?

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