At 11:18 AM 9/17/2001 -0600, Sterin, Ilya wrote:
>I don't know if this has already been discussed, or is out of the question,
>but I wonder since perl does not currently differentiate between numbers and
>string, and when it does, it does so very inconsistantly, is there be any
>hope for any changes/modificatins for Perl 6.
Ah, that's part of the "what flags are set and where did the source value
come from" bits of perl. Much Evil Magic abounds there. :)
Sure, we can either codify things or define behavior, as need be.
(Assuming, of course, that typed scalars and arrays aren't sufficient for
the purpose at hand)
Dan
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