On Dimanche 22 Septembre 2002 12:08, Nicholas Clark wrote :
> (except by golfers and obfuscators. And several that I met at YAPC::EU are
> excited by the golfing and obfuscating possibilities of perl6. Be afraid)
As a golfer, I'm a bit disappointed by perl6's golfing possibilities. For
several r
On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 05:32:23PM -0700, Sean O'Rourke wrote:
> You're right -- right now "@a" is deemed "implicit call to join(' ', @a)"
> context, but that's mostly because it's what perl 5 does.
Strictly perl5 is join ($", @a), $" defaults to ' ' and rarely is changed.
(except by golfers and
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Perl arrays allow accesses to negative out-of-bounds indices without
complaining or
;the element.
>>It would be swell if the index was passed along as negative, and to then
>>have the guts do
>>this voodoo. This way, one could tie an array to Class which used two
>>arrays to emulate real
>>negative indices (as opposed to count from the back).
>
>
s negative, and to then
>have the guts do
>this voodoo. This way, one could tie an array to Class which used two
>arrays to emulate real
>negative indices (as opposed to count from the back).
I think for tying to work this will have to be done just as you say.
-Melvin
could tie an array to Class which used two
arrays to emulate real
negative indices (as opposed to count from the back).