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Subject: Re: [COMMIT] Embedding
enhancements
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Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 01:46:56AM -0800, Brent Dax wrote:
> > NEW CONVENTIONS FOR DATA EXPOSED TO EMBEDDERS:
> >
> > -All structs should have a name of the form parrot_system_t. This name
> > should never be d
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 01:46:56AM -0800, Brent Dax wrote:
> NEW CONVENTIONS FOR DATA EXPOSED TO EMBEDDERS:
>
> -All structs should have a name of the form parrot_system_t. This name
> should never be directly used outside the subsystem in question.
>
> struct parrot_foo_t {
> ...
> };
A
Dan Sugalski:
# At 10:54 AM -0800 2/18/02, Brent Dax wrote:
# >Dan Sugalski:
# ># Details of strings, PMCs, and vtables shouldn't be exposed
# to people
# ># writing extensions. Strings and PMCs should be opaque types, and
# ># vtables shouldn't be exposed at all, to hide the details of the
# ># i
At 10:54 AM -0800 2/18/02, Brent Dax wrote:
>Dan Sugalski:
># Details of strings, PMCs, and vtables shouldn't be exposed to people
># writing extensions. Strings and PMCs should be opaque types, and
># vtables shouldn't be exposed at all, to hide the details of the
># implementation. Structure sho
Dan Sugalski:
# Details of strings, PMCs, and vtables shouldn't be exposed to people
# writing extensions. Strings and PMCs should be opaque types, and
# vtables shouldn't be exposed at all, to hide the details of the
# implementation. Structure should be completely unexposed.
#
# Only the core an
At 1:46 AM -0800 2/16/02, Brent Dax wrote:
>The three subsystems I'm exposing are strings, PMCs, and vtables. These
>changes take care of strings; PMCs and vtables are more involved, and it
>may take some time before I can get them working.
[Snip]
>If anyone has problems with any of this, let me
I committed the first wave of embedding enhancements. These changes
focus on two things:
a) Better exposure of certain internal datatypes with good external
names
b) Exposure of subsystems embedders will need to talk to
The three subsystems I'm exposing are strings, PMCs, and vtables. These
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