[perl #48567] [DEPRECATED] vtable type

Will Coleda via RT parrotbug-followup at parrotcode.org
Tue Nov 11 19:02:19 UTC 2008


On Thu Dec 13 19:08:05 2007, coke wrote:
> From PDD17:
> 
> =item type
> 
>   INTVAL type(INTERP, PMC* self)
> 
> Return the type of the PMC. Type is a unique number associated with
> the PMC when
> the PMC's class is loaded. Negative numbers are considered
> interpreter-specific, non-public types. [NOTE: will be deprecated when
> type IDs
> are deprecated.]
> 
> ... which is for some time now.
> 

Rejected; these are part of the C-level interface to parrot, and integer 
type ids will exist in parrot's internals for some time; we're just not 
going to expose them to the user.

This may eventually be on the chopping block again, but is safe for now.

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda


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