PMC new init_int, comments and tests welcome

[Jonathan Leto]

Howdy,

+1 to this patch

I can write tests for it when it gets applied.

Duke


On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Kevin Tew <tewk at tewk.com> wrote:
> 14:02 < whiteknight> would like to add a new VTABLE_init_int, which would
> allow initialization from an integer
> 14:03 < whiteknight> Would allow preallocation of things like Fixed*Array,
> Integer, CallContext, etc
> 14:04 < whiteknight> Coke: you would have to create a throwaway Integer PMC
> to do the same thing
> 14:07 < Coke> NotFound: new $P1, ['Array'],  5
> 14:07 < allison> I am in favor or ways to avoid creating intermediate
> throw-away PMCs
> 14:07 < whiteknight> $P0 = new ['FixedIntegerArray'], 10
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