At 11:52 AM 12/28/00 +0000, David Mitchell wrote:
>Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Okay, I'm thinking the core will have four distinct perl variable types
> > internally:
> >
> > * Scalar
> > * Hash
> > * Array
> > * List
>
>Are the lists (aka lazy arrays) you're proposing really a separate core
>type, or are they just a variant of the array type - ie do we need two
>separate interfaces, or just two different vtable implementations?
Same vtable interface as arrays, but then arrays, hashes and scalars all
have very close to the same vtable interface at the moment. There wasn't
much difference at all between them once I started in, which surprised me a
little.
Dan
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