[perl #58410] [TODO] Deprecate n_* variants of the math opcodes

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Tue Jan 20 10:01:32 2009, chromatic at wgz.org wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 January 2009 09:50:56 Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> 
> > > > What's the replacement opcode for n_neg ?
> > > If we remove n_neg, the replacement is likely a two-step
> operation:
> > >
> > > 	clone $P1, $P2
> > > 	neg $P1
> >
> > Please, not this -- it's terribly inconsistent.
> >
> > When we got rid of the other n_* opcodes, their non-n_* counterparts
> > were given the "create a new PMC" semantics that the n_* version
> had.
> > We should do the same for n_neg, such that what was previously
> >
> >     n_add $P0, $P1, $P2    # construct $P0 as sum of $P1 and $P2
> >     n_neg $P0, $P1         # construct $P0 as negation of $P1
> >
> > is now
> >
> >     add $P0, $P1, $P2      # construct $P0 as sum of $P1 and $P2
> >     neg $P0, $P1           # construct $P0 as negation of $P1
> 
> Hm, now that I look closer, this already exists and works that way.
> Thus the
> replacement is to use:
> 
> 	neg $P0, $P1
> 
> -- c
> 

All the n_ variants are gone now. Resolving ticket.

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda