Hi, @LOAD subs are executed if loaded with load_bytecode, but not when they are in inside the initial bytecode loaded by parrot. Please have a look at the attached patch against t/pmc/sub.t for an example.
jens
Index: t/pmc/sub.t =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/public/parrot/t/pmc/sub.t,v retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -w -r1.41 sub.t --- t/pmc/sub.t 2 Apr 2004 10:20:26 -0000 1.41 +++ t/pmc/sub.t 8 Apr 2004 17:02:59 -0000 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ =cut -use Parrot::Test tests => 73; +use Parrot::Test tests => 74; use Test::More; use Parrot::Config; @@ -1200,4 +1200,17 @@ .end CODE /uninit.*\n.*\nback\nok/ +OUTPUT + +output_is(<<'CODE', <<'OUTPUT', '@LOAD in main bytecode file'); +##PIR## +.sub _main @MAIN + print "main\n" +.end +.sub _onload @LOAD + print "load\n" +.end +CODE +main +load OUTPUT
