In Perl this is possible (because of the syntax of Perl). But what about languages in which it cannot be expressed? I know, Parrot is mainly for Perl, but not *only* for Perl. Wouldn't it be nice to have Parrot supporting this?
klaas-jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Henriksen To: K Stol Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:12 AM Subject: Re: Tentative [PATCH]: valclone Shouldn't Perl make this determination at compile time based upon the subroutine's signature? Doesn't seem to me that it is in any way a decision for the assembler.