Why doesn't JUMP_IF_FALSE do POP_TOP ?

[Michael Hudson]

Paul Rubin <phr-n2002b at NOSPAMnightsong.com> writes:

> Seems simple enough to add a new code that combines the two?  That
> would avoid breaking old compiled code.

Non-goal: code compiled for any of 1.5.X, 1.6.X, 2.0.X, 2.1.X, 2.2.X
and 2.3.X will not work with any of the others.  This probably extends
backwards, and will most likely extend forwards too.

Cheers,
M.

-- 
 "Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap) applies to Usenet."
 "Nothing guarantees that the 10% isn't crap, too."
                -- Gene Spafford's Axiom #2 of Usenet, and a corollary