Re: RFC 131 (v1) Internal String Storage to be Opaque

[Larry Wall]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: A single internal encoding which is opaque to the programmer Would Be Nice.

We seem to be asking for contradictory things here.  If it's truly
opaque, the programmer shouldn't care whether it's polymorphic or
monomorphic.  I'm inclined to think the polymorphic solution will be
more efficient.  I could be wrong, of course.  But if we write the
interface right, we can swap in a monomorphic implementation at any
point.

Larry