On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 06:24:59PM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > Stéphane Payrard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 12:19:22PM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > > >> Having a type enum for these abstract types would imply to install a > >> vtable, filled with methods that catch errors. > > > I never proposed the installation of vtables for these types. > > Well, then a type enum for abstract types is probably not useful anyway. > > > there should be an integer range reserved for these abstract types. > > Being outside the range for regular pmc type they would not > > need any vtable. > > And then?
That would allow to implement typechecking in imcc. .sym Scalar a a = new .PerlInt # ok. Perlint is derived from Scalar -- stef > > leo >
