Re: Ramblings on "base class" for SV etc.

[Nick Ing-Simmons]

Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>The rest is also there to optimize the common case. (Though I do think it's 
>overkill in many circumstances if all variables share the same base 
>structure--arrays don't really need an integer portion, neither do hashes) 

So you re-use the space for AvLEN or whatever is "hot" for arrays and 
hashes. 

>That's not a bad thing and, like I said, the big win's not in optimizing 
>scalars, it's in optimizing hashes and arrays. Skimping here's likely not 
>worth it in the long run.

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Nick Ing-Simmons