On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Larry Wall wrote:
> A multidimensional array is indexed by a semicolon list, which is really
> a list of lists in disguise. Each sublist is a slice of one particular
> dimension. So
>
> @array[0..10; 42; @x]
>
> is really short for
>
> @array.postcircumfix:[]( <== [0..10], [42], [EMAIL PROTECTED] );
I'm a bit surprised.
If I declare
method postcircumfix:[] ($self: [EMAIL PROTECTED]);
Is $object[$yada] the same as
$object.postcircumfix:[]( $yada ); # which I would expect
or
$object.postcircumfix:[]( <== [ $yada ] ); # which surprises me
If the latter, Why?
If the former, where did the extra magic for arrays come from?
Tangential trivial thoughts:
Can I declare an alphabetic postcircumfix operator?
sub postcircumfix:ipso...facto ( $left, $inside ) {...}
Is that even usable, given that no space is allowed before the
postcircumfix operator? Or does this work:
$foo.ipso 'bar' facto;
Or maybe it has to be declared multi instead of sub for that?
~ John Williams
