[netlabs #208] [PATCH] "make distclean" blows away CVS/* files

2001-12-15 Thread Robert Spier
[amk - Fri Dec 14 20:42:39 2001]: > Running "make distclean" with a post-0.0.3 snapshot of the CVS tree > deletes all the files in CVS/ subdirectories, making further updating of > the tree impossible. This patch makes 'make distclean' not blow away CVS files. Is this the answer, or should we c

Why does mul have fewer combos than div?

2001-12-15 Thread David & Lisa Jacobs
I noticed that div has Parrot_div_i_i_i, /*170 */ Parrot_div_i_ic_i, /*171 */ Parrot_div_i_i_ic, /*172 */ Parrot_div_i_ic_ic,/*173 */ Parrot_d

[Patch] More tests for bitwise functions

2001-12-15 Thread David & Lisa Jacobs
This patch adds tests for all the bitwise opcodes. David *** bitwise.t 26 Sep 2001 05:55:32 - 1.2 --- bitwise.t 15 Dec 2001 21:53:18 - *** *** 1,6 #! perl -w ! use Parrot::Test tests => 4; output_is(<<'CODE', <<'OUTPUT', "shr_i_ic (>>)"); set I0, 0b001100 --

Re: Apropos of nothing...

2001-12-15 Thread Damian Conway
Piers posed the following puzzles: > @ary[0] = foo() # scalar Yes. > @ary[1,2] = foo() # list context Yes. > @bar = 1; > @ary[@bar] = foo() # ? probably list or maybe scalar... List. With an explicit array as index, it's definitely a (one-element) slice. > @bar = (1,

Re: Why does mul have fewer combos than div?

2001-12-15 Thread James Mastros
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, David & Lisa Jacobs wrote: > Are the missing ops (e.g. mul_i_ic_i) intentional or just not implemented > yet. Intentional; since mul is communitive, there's no reason to have versions with args 2&3 i,ic and ic,i. -=- James Mastros -- "In the case of alchemy v chemist

Re: Distributing future Parrot-based languages?

2001-12-15 Thread Simon Cozens
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 04:45:26PM -0500, Andrew Kuchling wrote: > I'd like to resume working on the Python->Parrot translator You're going to really love what I've got up my sleeve... -- I'm surrounded by electromagnetic radiation all the time. There are radio stations broadcasting at lots of

Re: IO filters

2001-12-15 Thread Simon Cozens
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:04:17AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can we start some dialogue about stream filters? Uh, I dunno, are we really at a point where it makes sense to do so? -- Premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- D.E. Knuth

Re: Distributing future Parrot-based languages?

2001-12-15 Thread Simon Cozens
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 07:33:56PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > For right now, feel free to add 'em to classes. If you want, make a Python > subdir, but I don't know that I'd go that far. My plan was to designate a set of "core" classes, as mentioned in docs/vtables.pod, which go in classes/. Py