Mark Overmeer wrote:
> * Larry Wall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060327 01:07]:
> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:40:03PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> > : On the original question, I see it more as a junctional issue.
> > : Assuming we have only chmod($,$), this sould autothread:
> > :
> > : unless chmod MODE, all(@files) -> $oops {
> > : ???;
> > : profit();
> > : }
> >
> > Except that junctional logic is allowed to fail as soon as it can be
> > falsified,
>
> $oops being the filename or the error? To produce a good error
> report, you need both.
>
> To be compatible with Perl5, the order of the @files must be preserved.
>
> Is it really worth it to design a new syntax to avoid the use of 'for'
> with chmod? In more characters as well?
What about this:
unless all(chmod MODE, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -> $oops {
???;
profit();
}
Hyperoperate on the list in order to convert a "($$) returns $"
signature into a de facto "($@) returns @" signature, then feed the
resulting list into a junctive function to collapse it into a single
truth value.
--
Jonathan "Dataweaver" Lang
