On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 10:02:40PM -0500, Bob Rogers wrote:
>    I see the handwriting on the wall -- it says that someday soon,
> Parrot will insist on strict arg/return checking all the time.

"... by default."  :-)

> In order to support Common Lisp correctly (and efficiently), I would like
> to be able to shut this off for returns without having to add a useless
> :slurpy register everywhere.

Yes, we've observed that same need elsewhere (e.g. PGE).  It'll be
provided.

A question though: Does CL code want to make sure to ignore extra values it
receives from a call, or does it want to force its callers (CL or not) to
ignore extra values when it returns them?
-- 
Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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