Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-12 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It would be good to change the description of the Interpolate module > to include the word tie. Maybe something like: > > Arbitrary string interpolation semantics using tie > > Tim. I changed it in the module docs (will release in a few days after I incorp

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-11 Thread Tim Bunce
It would be good to change the description of the Interpolate module to include the word tie. Maybe something like: Arbitrary string interpolation semantics using tie Tim. On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 12:17:11PM -0800, David Muir Sharnoff wrote: > * So, how is yours different from MJD's I

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-11 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir Sharnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * and, just out of curiousity, what advantage does your module > * have over a closure? it seems you have to do more work to get > * the same effect. > > How so? I don't use closures that often so maybe I'm missin

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-11 Thread David Muir Sharnoff
* So, how is yours different from MJD's Interpolation.pm? It mentions tie in the documenation so people might be able to find it. I didn't know Interpolation.pm existed. I was surprised when I couldn't find something like it, so I figured I would provide one. Interpolation.pm is a better in

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-11 Thread Kurt D. Starsinic
On Nov 11, David Muir Sharnoff wrote: > > * In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir Sharnoff ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * > * > * > * > * Or even better, Hash::ComputedValue ? > * > * > Hmmm. The way I think it will be used is mostly to do minor > * > transformations on values like add

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-11 Thread David Muir Sharnoff
* In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir Sharnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * * > * * > * Or even better, Hash::ComputedValue ? * * > Hmmm. The way I think it will be used is mostly to do minor * > transformations on values like adding commas to a number eg: 1,000. * * that's still a c

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-11 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir Sharnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * > * Or even better, Hash::ComputedValue ? > Hmmm. The way I think it will be used is mostly to do minor > transformations on values like adding commas to a number eg: 1,000. that's still a computed value, thou

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-10 Thread David Muir Sharnoff
* * Or even better, Hash::ComputedValue ? Hmmm. The way I think it will be used is mostly to do minor transformations on values like adding commas to a number eg: 1,000. So, how about Hash::Transforms? -Dave

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-10 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On söndag, nov 10, 2002, at 06:22 Europe/Stockholm, _brian_d_foy wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir > > Sharnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-10 Thread Arthur Bergman
On söndag, nov 10, 2002, at 06:22 Europe/Stockholm, _brian_d_foy wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir Sharnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to allocate a module name: Tie::LookupAsFunction. i'd like to see a more descriptive module name, perh

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-10 Thread David Muir Sharnoff
* In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir Sharnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * * > I would like to allocate a module name: Tie::LookupAsFunction. * * i'd like to see a more descriptive module name, perhaps * *Tie::Hash::ComputedValue * * or some such. Sure, what

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-09 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Muir Sharnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to allocate a module name: Tie::LookupAsFunction. i'd like to see a more descriptive module name, perhaps Tie::Hash::ComputedValue or some such. -- brian d foy (one of many

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-08 Thread David Muir Sharnoff
I hadn't been. Tie::Math is quite strange. The syntax is bizzare. I'm installing it now so I can see how he did it. pause. Wow. The syntax is a really neat hack. Anyway, Tie::Math fills a different role than Tie::LookupAsFunction. Both are useful. Neither could be used in pl

Re: Tie::LookupAsFunction

2002-11-08 Thread Kurt D. Starsinic
On Nov 08, David Muir Sharnoff wrote: > I would like to allocate a module name: Tie::LookupAsFunction. > > Nothing fancy, but I couldn't find anyone else who had released it > as a module... Are you familiar with Michael Schwern's Tie::Math? - Kurt