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function main[main]()
{
    var curpf = getinterp()["packfile"];
    var all_subs = curpf.all_subs();
    for (var sub in all_subs)
        say(sub);
    all_subs[2]();
    all_subs[3]();
}

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namespace Rosella {
	class ObjectFactory;
	class Version;
	extern function alloc;
	extern function build;
	extern function construct;
	extern function get_type_name;
	extern function get_type_class;
	extern function isa_type;
	extern function find_named_method;

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<parrot git:whiteknight/imcc_tag> ./parrot test.pir
a
Foo
Bar

b
Foo

c
Bar

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namespace Foo {
    namespace Bar {
        function baz() { say("Foo.Bar.baz!"); }
    }
}

function main[main]() {
    var(Foo.Bar.baz) ();
}

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Dukeleto asked me to put together a general timeline or checklist of changes that we need to make to Parrot, organized by size and scope of the work, the effort required, and the relative ordering that (I think) is a pretty good way to go about it.

This isn't an "official" timeline or anything like that. It's just my own personal idea for what we should probably be doing, and how hard it will be to do. The items below are listed in a quasi-chronological order in the sense that, left to my own devices, I will probably approach these problems myself in this order. Other people are welcome to tackle things in any order, so

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# THIS IS A GENERATED FILE! DO NOT EDIT!
# Begin generated code

.namespace [ ]

.sub 'main' :main
# Body
# {
.annotate 'file', 'test.winxed'
.annotate 'line', 3

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#!./parrot

.include "interpinfo.pasm"

.sub main :main
    .local pmc task, sayer, name, starter, number
    .local int i
    sayer = get_global 'sayer'
    starter = new ['Integer']
    set_global 'starter', starter

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N = 100000
SORT_TRANSITION = 6

FORWARD-SORTED (PRESORTED) BENCHMARKS

sort with .sort BUILTIN (reversed)
	9.771104s - %100.000000
	Number of items out of order: 0
sort with Rosella Query (reversed)
	8.664588s - %88.675631 (-%11.324369 compared to base)

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<parrot git:master> ./parrot test.pir
test_call_sig: 3.87282800674438s
test_get_context: 3.55188488960266s

<parrot git:master> ./parrot test.pir
test_call_sig: 4.13274502754211s
test_get_context: 3.56804704666138s

<parrot git:master> ./parrot test.pir
test_call_sig: 3.73126316070557s

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Some ideas for new winxed syntax:

anonymous function foo(...){...} instead of 

function foo(var x named 'bar')
    same as:
    function foo(var x [named("bar")])

foo(x named 'bar')
    same as: