On 15 Feb 2001, at 20:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:31:34AM -0300, Branden wrote: > > With Perl 6, it will (probably) be possible to have values with boolean > > value independent of integer or string values, so that it will be possible > > to have a value that when viewed as string or number will be "" or 0, but > > will evaluate as true in a condition. > > You mean the beaten-to-death ??, formely known as |||, operator? > > It has torn p5p to shreds repeatedly. Perhaps Branden should take up the issue on the Perl-defop mailing list, which was set up for discussion of this operator. However, the last two postings I have in my archive are from August 1999 and October 2000 (this one being Ask proposing closing the mailinglist since it seemed to be receiving no traffic). But yes, it's been discussed in p5p several times. There was even code posted to p5p at one point that would introduce the operator (spelled, I believe, |||) into the sources. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I appreciate copies of replies to my messages to Perl6 lists.
