note dave_the_m (Damn, I said i wouldn't be responding further...) <p> <blockquote><i>New code is adapted from Deparse. It processes the PCG in the normal way, but instead of (re)generating the Perl source code, it generates a LLVM IF "copy" of the PCG it is given. Let's call that the LLCG </i></blockquote> This is the bit I don't currently get. take a piece of code like <c> $m = ($s =~ /foo/); </c> <p> Which is compiled to an optree that looks like: <c> 7 <@> leave[1 ref] vKP/REFC ->(end) 1 <0> enter ->2 2 <;> nextstate(main 1 p:3) v:{ ->3 6 <2> sassign vKS/2 ->7 4 </> match(/"foo"/) sKPS/RTIME ->5 - <1> ex-rv2sv sK/1 ->4 3 <#> gvsv[*s] s ->4 - <1> ex-rv2sv sKRM*/1 ->6 5 <#> gvsv[*m] s ->6 </c> In general terms, what would the IR look like that you would convert that into? <p> Dave. 990666 990790