At 11:22 PM -0400 7/31/02, Melvin Smith wrote:
> >Conclusion

> >

> >   It seems to me that to implement lexical variables, we only need to

> >   implement the set_pmc method and to extend the Sub class so that it

> >   contains both a code pointer and a scratchpad.

> 

> I agree with you. It can be done without special ops that we just added.

> I see no reason why we can't add an op that allows you to get the

> scratchpad into a Px reg and use it just as a Hash or Array. I expect

> we might want to.


I'd rather keep the separate interface to lexicals and globals. 
That'll make it much easier to change the implementation without 
breaking existing bytecode.
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