Re: syntax question on parameter lists

2008-04-10 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:36:09PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: : Yes, but where does resolve down to a typename? : My reading of STD.pm is that becomes a : (since it's not a 'where' clause in this case), and is currently : one of , , or . Value is supposed to include fulltypename, but I

Re: syntax question on parameter lists

2008-04-10 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 09:18:38PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 03:26:02AM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: > : S06 shows how to define named-only parameters, "marked with a prefix :". > But no example shows anything more than a bare parameter name. No type is > ever given! >

Re: syntax question on parameter lists

2008-04-10 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 03:26:02AM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: : S06 shows how to define named-only parameters, "marked with a prefix :". But no example shows anything more than a bare parameter name. No type is ever given! : : Looking through my copy of STD.pm, I'm baffled, as it seems not