On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 08:09:23AM -0400, Joe Gottman wrote:
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:41 PM
> > To: Perl6
> > Subject: Re: Reverse .. operator
> >
> &g
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:41 PM
> > To: Perl6
> > Subject: Re: Reverse .. operator
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:34:22PM -0400, Joe Gottman wrote:
> > : Is there similar shorthand to set @foo = (5, 3, 3, 2, 1) ? I know you
> > can
> &g
"Joe Gottman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In perl 6, the statement
>
> @foo = (1.. 5) ;
>
> is equivalent to
>
> @foo = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
>
>
>
> Is there similar shorthand to set @foo = (5, 3, 3, 2, 1) ? I know you can
> go
>
> @foo = reverse (1
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:41 PM
> To: Perl6
> Subject: Re: Reverse .. operator
>
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:34:22PM -0400, Joe Gottman wrote:
> : Is there similar shorthand to s
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:34:22PM -0400, Joe Gottman wrote:
: Is there similar shorthand to set @foo = (5, 3, 3, 2, 1) ? I know you can
: go
:
: @foo = reverse (1 ..5);
:
: but this has the major disadvantage that it cannot be evaluated lazily;
: reverse has to see the entire list b
In perl 6, the statement
@foo = (1.. 5) ;
is equivalent to
@foo = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
Is there similar shorthand to set @foo = (5, 3, 3, 2, 1) ? I know you can
go
@foo = reverse (1 ..5);
but this has the major disadvantage that it cannot be eval
