Re: Container method calls

2004-12-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 03:28:12PM -0800, Ashley Winters wrote: : On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 11:15:14 -0800, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 10:25:49AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote: : > : But this convention provides much more accuracy than memorizing a list : > : of methods t

Re: Container method calls

2004-12-04 Thread Luke Palmer
Larry Wall writes: > : But this convention provides much more accuracy than memorizing a list > : of methods that don't automatically thread, or memorizing a list of > : iterator methods that act on the iterator and not its current value. > > Except that you don't actually have to memorize a list.

Re: Container method calls

2004-12-04 Thread Ashley Winters
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 11:15:14 -0800, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 10:25:49AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote: > : But this convention provides much more accuracy than memorizing a list > : of methods that don't automatically thread, or memorizing a list of > : iterator met

Re: Container method calls

2004-12-04 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 10:25:49AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote: : Ashley Winters writes: : > For several reasons, that doesn't work for me. The method conflict : > between container methods and value methods should be obvious. What : > should ((1|2)|(3&4)).values return? : : Well, there is an answer,

Re: Container method calls

2004-12-04 Thread Luke Palmer
Ashley Winters writes: > For several reasons, that doesn't work for me. The method conflict > between container methods and value methods should be obvious. What > should ((1|2)|(3&4)).values return? Well, there is an answer, and it's one I've never been extremely happy with. That is, Junctions d