[perl #40124] [TODO] Document HLL mappings

Will Coleda via RT parrotbug-followup at parrotcode.org
Mon Sep 21 03:59:29 UTC 2009


On Tue Jun 30 18:39:08 2009, coke wrote:
> On Sun Mar 22 00:47:10 2009, cotto wrote:
> > On Thu Oct 16 10:25:39 2008, Whiteknight wrote:
> > > On Fri Nov 10 11:19:58 2006, chip wrote:
> > > > It's already true that HLLs can remap the basic types so that
> e.g.
> > > > parameter
> > > > passing creates a PerlArray rather than a base array.  However
> the
> > > > mechanism is
> > > > not documented (AFAIK), and it should be.
> > >
> > > Haven't heard any information about this ticket in two years. I
> did a
> > > quick look-through and didn't see any documentation about HLL
> mapping.
> > > Considering it's been such a big topic in Rakudo development
> lately
> > > (among other things) maybe we have some people now willing to
> write some
> > > quick documentation about it? Or, if somebody can point me to the
> > > relevant code, I can try to hack together some docs for it.
> > >
> >
> > I'd guess that the current relevant code is ParrotIntepreteter's
> > hll_map() method and that this ticket can be closed once that method
> and
> > its implementation are sufficiently documented.  Is this correct?
> 
> A full set of documentation would mention all the places that
> Parrot_get_ctx_HLL_type() is
> invoked.


This issue now being tracked at:

https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/1032
-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda


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