Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-05 Thread Steve Fink
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 12:42:52PM -0400, Erik Lechak wrote: > > Is there a document out there that describes the genclass.pl script, > Vtable.pm and how pmc files become C files? classes/pmc2c.pl has documentation for the last. perldoc -F classes/pmc2c.pl > If I wanted to write a section o

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-05 Thread mark sparshatt
Sean O' Rourke wrote >On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Tanton Gibbs wrote: >> I agree with this; however, I also think it would be nice to have it all in >> one place.  It's a nuisance to have to open every file just to see what it >> is.  By the time I figure out what the 60th file does, I've forgotten what >

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Erik Lechak
I had a response all typed up, but I erased it. I just want to learn enough so I can start coding, and these pod conversations are just getting in my way, and I don't want to waste the Parrot communities time or bandwidth with my trivial issues. Your time is much more valuable getting perl6

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Erik Lechak wrote: > ... I decided not to continue on > the "comment the code route" because I don't like POD. And I think a > good demonstration of why I don't like it is the ops files. I am trying > to think of a polite way to introduce java and python people to the ops > files when they

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Erik Lechak wrote: > I am also trying to document the various structs and their interactions. > Can anyone out there give a brief description of following: > Arena > Memory_Pool > Buffer > Memory_Block > Small_Object_Pool > Small_Object_Arena I did announce to write a document on

Doxygen (was Re: Parrot file list)

2002-10-04 Thread Bart Schuller
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 01:35:15PM -0400, Erik Lechak wrote: > If parrot decides to go the route of embedding documents in its C code. > Please do not use POD! Find a C developer sitting next to you that does > not know POD and ask them how they like the flow of the ops files. > Someone suggest

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Erik Lechak
Tanton Gibbs wrote: >I agree with this; however, I also think it would be nice to have it all in >one place. It's a nuisance to have to open every file just to see what it >is. By the time I figure out what the 60th file does, I've forgotten what >the first does. It would be nice to have the i

RE: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Brent Dax
Erik Lechak: # mark sparshatt wrote: # I am also trying to document the various structs and their # interactions. #Buffer Unfortunately, I'm not a GC person, so this is the only one I recognize. A Buffer is essentially a handle on a chunk of memory; it stores a pointer to the memory, the si

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Erik Lechak
mark sparshatt wrote: >Hi all, > >In another thread Erik Lechak speculated about the possibility of a getting >started guide. This got me thinking that one of the problems I'd found >starting out was the number of files that Make up the Parrot system and >trying to work out what each of them d

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Sean O'Rourke
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Tanton Gibbs wrote: > I agree with this; however, I also think it would be nice to have it all in > one place. It's a nuisance to have to open every file just to see what it > is. By the time I figure out what the 60th file does, I've forgotten what > the first does. It wou

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Tanton Gibbs
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:17 AM Subject: Re: Parrot file list > On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, mark sparshatt wrote: > > Basically I'd like to know if there's any sort of listing that gives a > > general description of what each file is used

Re: Parrot file list

2002-10-04 Thread Sean O'Rourke
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, mark sparshatt wrote: > Basically I'd like to know if there's any sort of listing that gives a > general description of what each file is used for. > > If there isn't, I've started making some notes of my own and if anyone else > thinks this would be useful then I can type them