IRC channel (was: references and pointers jargon question)

2016-01-13 Thread Kaare Rasmussen
On 2016-01-14 06:39, ToddAndMargo wrote: I was on the IRC a few days back. I am a little bit unsure of what and how to use it. Seems like a bunch of one line questions and answers. It is. but the turn-around time is very low and the reply quality is very high. Also, you'll use nopaste for

Re: references and pointers jargon question

2016-01-13 Thread ToddAndMargo
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 5:36 PM, ToddAndMargo > wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just out of curiosity, is the word "Pointer" a "forbidden" word > in Perl 6 correspondences? Will using the two together "Reference > Pointer" get me in hot water? > > -T >

Re: references and pointers jargon question

2016-01-13 Thread Brent Laabs
Nothing is Forbidden! Everything is Permissible! Also it would make it hard to talk about "is repr('CPointer')" and the Pointer type in NativeCall. While underneath the hood Scalar containers have pointers to values, it's not a particularly useful view of Perl 6. It's more useful to use an OO o

references and pointers jargon question

2016-01-13 Thread ToddAndMargo
Hi All, Just out of curiosity, is the word "Pointer" a "forbidden" word in Perl 6 correspondences? Will using the two together "Reference Pointer" get me in hot water? -T -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows