"David L. Nicol" wrote:
>
> > Christian Soeller wrote:
> > >
> > > The other problem with arrays is: how do we deal with functions that
> > > take multiple piddle arguments if they are arrays:
> > >
> > > @result = integrate @x, @y, @bounds;
> > >
> > > Won't those all be clumped into one big input array?
>
> if strongly typed barewords are allowed to represent variables
> (like they do in most other languages)
>
> we could have
>
> my piddle x,y,bounds;
>
> @result = integrate x,y,bounds
>
> we would know x,y, and bounds are piddles without needing the
> marker indicating scalar (they aren't scalars, they're piddles)
> or container (@ or %) type.
>
> And then the line noise haters can say
>
> my SCALAR x;
>
> and they're happy.
Interesting idea. However, possibly very unlikely to be implemented.
Or are there any efforts in that direction?
Christian
