id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	lang	patch	platform
1477	[embed] expose non-vararg-based sub/method call-ins	plobsing		"The embedding API currently exposes Parrot_ext_call to provide call-ins on subs and methods. Parrot_ext_call uses a va_list for parameters and return locations. This is fine only if the signature to the call can be determined statically. AFAIK, there is no portable way to build up a va_list at runtime.

Being a VM for dynamic languages, there are going to be cases where embedders want to decide things like number of arguments/returns at runtime (yay dynamicism!). A good example of this is &Parrot::Embed::invoke which can only make ""S->P"" calls ATM.

Providing an equivalent function that took an aggregate (either C-ish or Parrot-ish) instead of the va_list would allow for dynamic call-ins."	feature	closed	normal		none	2.1.0	medium	wontfix		jkeenan