--- parser3/src/include/pa_request.h	2003/03/24 17:52:19	1.160.2.37.2.11
+++ parser3/src/include/pa_request.h	2003/04/02 09:32:11	1.160.2.37.2.15
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 #ifndef PA_REQUEST_H
 #define PA_REQUEST_H
 
-static const char* IDENT_REQUEST_H="$Date: 2003/03/24 17:52:19 $";
+static const char* IDENT_REQUEST_H="$Date: 2003/04/02 09:32:11 $";
 
-#include "pa_request_info.h"
 #include "pa_hash.h"
 #include "pa_wcontext.h"
 #include "pa_value.h"
@@ -33,11 +32,11 @@ class Temp_lang;
 class Methoded;
 class VMethodFrame;
 class GdomeDOMString_auto_ptr;
-class VMail; DECLARE_OBJECT_PTR(VMail);
-class VForm; DECLARE_OBJECT_PTR(VForm);
-class VResponse; DECLARE_OBJECT_PTR(VResponse);
-class VCookie; DECLARE_OBJECT_PTR(VCookie);
-class VStateless_class; DECLARE_OBJECT_PTR(VStateless_class);
+class VMail;
+class VForm;
+class VResponse;
+class VCookie;
+class VStateless_class;
 
 /// Main workhorse.
 class Request: public PA_Object {
@@ -61,26 +60,36 @@ class Request: public PA_Object {
 
 	///@}
 
-public:
-
 	union StackItem {
-		const String* string() const { return value->get_string(); }
-		Value* value;
-		ArrayOperation* ops;
-		VMethodFrame* method_frame;
+	private:
+		Value* fvalue;
+		ArrayOperation* fops;
+		VMethodFrame* fmethod_frame;
+	public:
+		Value& value() const { return *fvalue; }
+		const String& string() const { 
+			const String* result=fvalue->get_string();
+			assert(result);
+			return *result; 
+		}
+		ArrayOperation& ops() const { return *fops; }
+		VMethodFrame& method_frame() const { return *fmethod_frame; }
 
 		/// needed to fill unused Array entries
 		StackItem() {}
-		StackItem(Value* avalue): value(avalue) {}		
-		StackItem(ArrayOperation* aops): ops(aops) {}
-		StackItem(VMethodFrame* amethod_frame): method_frame(amethod_frame) {}
+		StackItem(Value& avalue): fvalue(&avalue) {}		
+		StackItem(ArrayOperation& aops): fops(&aops) {}
+		StackItem(VMethodFrame& amethod_frame): fmethod_frame(&amethod_frame) {}
 	};
 
+	/// execution stack
+	Stack<StackItem> stack;
+
+public:
+
 	//@{ request processing status
 	/// exception stack trace
 	//Stack<String*> exception_trace;
-	/// execution stack
-	Stack<StackItem> stack;
 	/// contexts
 	VMethodFrame* method_frame;
 	Value* rcontext;
@@ -94,6 +103,11 @@ public:
 	bool finterrupted;
 
 public:
+	
+	/// @see Stack::wipe_unused
+	void wipe_unused_execution_stack() {
+		stack.wipe_unused();
+	}
 
 #ifdef RESOURCES_DEBUG
 	/// measures
@@ -266,6 +280,8 @@ public: // charset helpers
 	/// @see Charset::transcode
 	GdomeDOMString_auto_ptr transcode(const String& s);
 	/// @see Charset::transcode
+	GdomeDOMString_auto_ptr transcode(const StringBody s);
+	/// @see Charset::transcode
 	const String& transcode(GdomeDOMString* s);
 	/// @see Charset::transcode
 	const String& transcode(xmlChar* s);
@@ -303,7 +319,7 @@ private: // execute.C
 	/// for @main[]
 	const String* execute_virtual_method(Value& aself, const String& method_name);
 
-	Value* get_element(bool can_call_operator);
+	Value& get_element(bool can_call_operator);
 
 private: // defaults