Re: RFC 48 (v2) Objects should have builtin stringifying

[Dan Sugalski]

At 09:13 AM 8/9/00 -0400, John Porter wrote:
>Michael Fowler wrote:
> >
> > I think a stringified reference is worth seeing, moreso than a simple 
> undef,
> > for debugging purposes if nothing else.
>
>I personally would like to have the stringification of refs be a
>symmetric operation,

That leads us possibly into C's wild pointer swamp, and I'm not sure I 
personally want to go there. It also makes strings the equivalent of weak 
refs, which can cause someone (either you or the garbage collector, and 
almost undoubtedly the guy who writes the core code) some headaches.


                                        Dan

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