I understand everything you've written except the following: On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Worthington wrote:
> Hi, > ... > > my Int @x; > > Where we get an array of scalar containers, each of which is only allowed to > contain an Int (strictly, something that Int.ACCEPTS(...) hands back true on). > @x[0] = 1; > @x[0] := 1; > > In the first, we look up the container in slot 0 or the array and assign a 1 > into it. In the second, we bind a 1 directly into the slot. There's no > container any more (so any future assignment attempts will fail, for example). > > ... > > Jonathan > What's a 1? If it's not an Int, I don't know what it is. If it is an Int, I don't understand how you could bind it into a packed array. Could you shed some light on that?
