[perl #39714] [TODO] Refactor IMCC to remove static globals

Will Coleda via RT parrotbug-followup at parrotcode.org
Thu Feb 12 21:22:19 UTC 2009


On Tue Jul 04 19:30:44 2006, autrijus at gmail.com wrote:
> IMCC currently relies on a lot of static globals to carry state, and
> cannot reliably restore them when an error occurs. (grep for
> "static" and "FIXME global" in the IMCC tree.)
> 
> Allison had ruled that reentrancy should be possible for IMCC, and
> this would be a good refactoring project.

We've rejected a lot of "clean up IMCC" tickets with the thought that we 
eventually want PIRC to take over. Anyone think this falls into the same 
category?

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda


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