Smylers wrote:
cdumont writes:
Smylers wrote:
cdumont writes:
The given ... when doesn't seem to bring that much from switch ...
case given ...
Surely it brings all of it? Plus much more as well. Much of the
power is in the smart-matching, which enables many different sorts
of comparisions, each naturally matching the appropriate thing. A
big advantage given has over C's switch construct is not having to
include break in the usual case (and get mysterious-yet-silent bugs
if you accidentally forget it).
I understand that given ... when is even more powerful than a simple
switch case but why just don't say it this way : this is a switch case
dopped with hyper process
Maybe the documentation will say it that way!
Well, hope so... if we could talk about the doc too...
and keep the old switch ... case keywords.
But "keeping" the "old" ones would require having them already -- which
Perl doesn't. What would be the point in simultaneously introducing a
flexible syntax which meets all switching needs and a less-powerful
syntax (which is completely different, thereby making it more work than
necessary if you outgrow its requirements and need to change to using
the more flexible alternative; and which is error-prone)?
I am sorry, I meant : keep the old school switch ... case keywords that
we inherited
from other languages.
I don't think the syntax should be the same exactly.
I just want to avoid having to learn or expose people that are not
native English speakers
to too many keywords.
I don't know why, this given... when sounds so 'English' without
really being that English.
I'm afraid you've lost me -- are you saying that given does sound
English or that it doesn't? And why is it relevant either way?
See above.
And hashes require '=> ' but it could be nice to switch to ':'
Indeed it could be. But, unfortunately, the colon seemed to be top
of many people's most-wanted lists, with many different (and mutex)
suggestions for what it should do. (Remember, only a couple of
paragraphs ago you were wanting to keep it for the ? ... :
operator!) Possibly somebody could design a language in which the
colon is the only symbol used ...
I don't really think using the column in a ternary means that you
cannot use it else where.
We started off with that, and it was changed specifically because it was
causing a problem; I can't remember exactly what, but it's in this
list's archives somewhere.
Remember that whatever expression you want to use the colon for is going
to be valid between the ? and : parts of the ? ... : operator, and so
you need to avoid the colon being confused for the : which marks the end
of this part of the ? ... : operator.
Also remember that we want Perl 6 to be able to complain about syntax
errors -- that is, we want that when somebody makes a typo, there's a
good chance of perl complaining about the source being invalid, rather
than it being valid Perl 6 (but which silently does something else).
I can understand the idea.
As for the functions, i didn't see that much for hashes and arrays
which was a big disappointment.
What were you hoping for? Many things which were functions in Perl 5
are now also available as methods in Perl 6. If you post here with what
you're disappointed to be missing, it may be that somebody can reply
pointing out where the equivalent functionality is!
I am pretty much sure that I can rebuilt all the functions I will need
for intersections and the like.
But instead of reinventing the wheel or having to DL a module, it could
be nice to have
it as a built in.
They are also other string related functions that are required when
dealing with web
but I guess this is not in the scope of perl anyway.
Smylers
--
シリル・デュモン（Cyrille Dumont）
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
our work is the portrait of ourselves
tel: 03-5690-0230 fax: 03-5690-7366
http://www.comquest.co.j
