> > my int ($pre, $in, $post) is constant = (0..2); > > > > Two things "type and property" that belong so together > > Do they? Surely the type and constancy of a variable are > entirely orthogonal to each other.
Oh yes. Psycho-affectivly it is disturbing seeing the group of variables ($pre, $in, $post) teared apart from the initilizing (0..2). This is my second step in the brain when analysing it. And this is prone to problems like in: my int ($one, $two, $three, $four, $five, $six, $seven ) is Prop( 'camel', 'perl', 'camel', 'perl' ) = (0..6); where the distance grows with property-syntax-complexity. > Besides, if you want them near each other, you can write them > this way: > > my ($pre, $in, $post) returns int is constant = (0..2); > > Damian Same problem as above. Following fragments should stay adjacent: ($pre, $in, $post) = (0..2); and then fragments remains: my * returns int is constant Suggestion: it could be pieced to my constant int ($pre, $in, $post ) = (0..2); which i guess is far superior (of course i hadn't done any field testing and making statistics over it). Btw: it is self-explanatory for many cross-language-programmers. Excerpt: Ony of my fears orginate from the idea that someone new to perl6 could be put off by such hard nuts during the very basics of variable decleration. Murat
