On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:32:30 -0400, Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
wrote:
> > > Huh? The internal functions have names, they are just defined through 
> > > the functions.inc file instead of being built-in. 
> > So what's the problem to define keywords for types this way ?
>
> Slower parsing, for one. ;-)

But I can include only necessary files so can optimize parsing time.

> Requiring an external include file.

So many languages use header files with definitions so nothing new.

> > Interesting idea. Are you reserving rights to make patch for it ? ;-)
>
> Heh, implementing it in the current POV would take a huge amount of 
> work. I'm mainly thinking of it as something to be considered for the 
> 4.0 rewrite.

chicken ;-)

> I did something similar for Sapphire: when a 
> symbol is resolved it moves to the front of the symbol table.

Any reference ? You mean http://sapphire.sourceforge.net/ ? 

ABX

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