[RFC] deprecated parrot_new_pointer_hash and parrot_new_cstring_hash

[bacek]

Hello.

Currently parrot's hash (not PMC Hash) officially supports C-strings and C-pointers as keys. I can't find any usage of it and propose to deprecate them. (And make C-string and C-pointer keys in hash it virtually impossible to make bullet-proof anyway)

-- Bacek

[allison]

Parrot's Hash PMC is really just a thin wrapper around Hash * (that is to say, they're the same thing).

Both functions are used internally, one to create a storage location for thread data, and the other to create a storage location for the interpreter's string encoding data.

So, agreed in general principle, but deprecation is a large task. Rate this RFC as "long-term possible".

[jkeenan]

Can we get an update on the status of this ticket?

Thank you very much.

kid51

[bacek]

Resolve ticket as wontfix. cstring hash is used for constant strings. cpointers are less harmful due very limited usage.