Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of PMCUnionDeprecationTasklist

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  • PMCUnionDeprecationTasklist

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    44The PMC Union is being deprecated, which means that any instances of PMC_int_val, etc need to disappear.  This is a big job with several gotchas. 
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     6== What Needs to Happen ==  
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     8Allison [http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48014#txn-438628 explained in depth] how to convert code. 
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     10Many uses of PMC_x_val are outside of the core PMC code.  These should be converted to VTABLE functions wherever possible, since VTABLE functions make no assumptions about PMC internals. 
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