Re: Some questions about currying

2003-10-30 Thread Joe Gottman
- Original Message - From: "Luke Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joe Gottman writes: > > 3) Currying binds a function parameter to a value? Is there any way to > > bind a function parameter to a variable? Consider the following code: > > > > sub printNum(int $x) {print "$x\n";} > >

Re: Some questions about currying

2003-10-30 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 08:32:40PM -0500, Joe Gottman wrote: >I just reread the section of A6 about currying, and I have several > questions about it. Your questions have caused me to skim over A6 and discover that there are lots of details I've forgotten. Hopefully forgetfulness won't be a p

Re: Some questions about currying

2003-10-29 Thread Luke Palmer
Joe Gottman writes: >I just reread the section of A6 about currying, and I have several > questions about it. > >1) Suppose I have a function like the following: >sub foo($param, @param) {...} > where the parameter names differ only by their sigils. Is it legal >

Some questions about currying

2003-10-29 Thread Joe Gottman
I just reread the section of A6 about currying, and I have several questions about it. 1) Suppose I have a function like the following: sub foo($param, @param) {...} where the parameter names differ only by their sigils. Is it legal for me to type &foo.assum