Re: RFC 35 (v1) A proposed internal base format for perl

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "LW" == Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

LW> : =item vtable
LW> : 
LW> : The vtable field holds a pointer to the vtable for a variable. Each
LW> : variable type has its own vtable, holding pointers to functions for
LW> : the variable. Vtables are shared between variables of the same
LW> : type. (All integer arrays have the same vtable, as do all string
LW> : scalars and so on)

LW> I think that last statement is false.  I think strings will have
LW> several vtables depending on their format.  (So might integers, if we
LW> decide to stitch in bigints.)

Actually, it isn't false. Just not 100% accurate statement. During some
interchange with Dan. We discuseed saving various flag checking by
swapping vtbls. (Hmm, might this be a state machine?)

<chaim>
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