gather take eager syntax

2021-04-19 Thread Norman Gaywood
Hi, I can't figure out why the last line here is failing. Version 2020.07 $ raku To exit type 'exit' or '^D' > my %h = gather { take "foo"=>1; take "bar"=>2;} {bar => 2, foo => 1} > my %h = gather { take "foo"=>1} {foo => 1} > my %h = gather { take eager "foo"=>1; take "bar"=>2;} {foo 1 => bar =>

Re: slurpy hash signatures

2021-04-19 Thread Ralph Mellor
Btw, I had misunderstood ERN when, in 2018, I wrote the email message I linked in the Note section of my previous email. ERN is an intuitive sense that some movement you are initiating is in some way a mistake. For example, quoting keys of a pair. It's often unconscious, and, aiui, ignoring it ent

Re: slurpy hash signatures

2021-04-19 Thread Ralph Mellor
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 4:03 PM Andy Bach wrote: > > Very impressive and complete explanation, thanks! Thanks for that feedback, it's very helpful. I enjoy trying to help, but it's hard to ensure I've conveyed a tone of respect for whoever I'm replying to, at the same time as trying to keep thing

Re: slurpy hash signatures

2021-04-19 Thread Andy Bach
Very impressive and complete explanation, thanks! > I'm inclined to view it as pretty good. I also think it might be seriously > hard to improve. As we're looking a known "trap" could this one append of those (my favorite kind) leading questions "Did you mean to pass ...?" __