NAME

src/classes/ref.pmc - Reference to a PMC

DESCRIPTION

The vtable functions for the Ref base class.

All methods not present below get a default body autogenerated inside Parrot::Pmc2c.

void init(): Sets the referenced PMC to PMCNULL.
void init_pmc(PMC *initializer): Sets the referenced PMC to *initializer.
void init_pmc_props(PMC *init, PMC *props): Sets the referenced PMC to *init, and associates the properties in *props with the reference.
void set_pmc(PMC *other): Sets the referenced PMC to *other.
PMC *get_pmc(): Get the referenced PMC.
void mark(): Marks the referenced PMC as live.

These two methods must be implemented because they are not delegated.

INTVAL type(): Returns the type of the PMC, not the type of the referenced PMC.
STRING *name(): Returns the name of the PMC, not the name of the referenced PMC.

Initial revision by leo 2003.09.01.

Allowed null value by TOGoS 2004.07.28 (evil+bad?)

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