Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of PMCUnionDeprecationTasklist

Timestamp:

01/14/09 23:26:27 (13 years ago)

Author:

whiteknight

Comment:

adding a note about how this relates to the GC, which is going to need updatin'

PMCUnionDeprecationTasklist

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 Because the PMC union struct is part of a PMC's internals, its use is affected by PMC inheritance.  The following image shows the dependencies between all *core* PMCs.  This does not include PMCs from HLLs.  Because of these dependencies, all PMCs in a given dependency tree will have to be updated simultaneously.  This only means that all instances of e.g. PMC_struct_val will have to be updated, not all instances of all PMC_x_val.
 [[Image(wiki:PMCUnionDeprecationTasklist:pmc_deps.png)]]
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+== Notes ==
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+*Array PMCs need to have their mark VTABLE methods updated to actually mark the elements inside them. src/gc/mark_sweep.c:Parrot_gc_trace_pmc_data() attempts to do this by mucking around with PMC_data_typed(). Once the mark VTABLE methods are updated to do The Right Thing, Parrot_gc_trace_pmc_data() can be deprecated along with the PObj_data_is_PMC_array_FLAG. All arrays should instead be marked with PObj_custom_mark_FLAG to call the proper mark VTABLE methods.