Re: Order of multi sub definitions can resolve dispatch ambiguity

2021-09-30 Thread Joseph Brenner
I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at with that example. I was particularly interested in cases where there's some ambiguity in multi-dispatch for particular values, where there's some overlapping coverage between the prototypes. Just for the hell of it, I'll stick another example at the bo

Re: Order of multi sub definitions can resolve dispatch ambiguity

2021-09-30 Thread Joseph Brenner
Like I was saying: > If the two [multis] are defined in different modules I suspect you > could get some strange behavior that would be hard to debug. > It's not always immediately obvious in what order two things were > defined. Here's an example, scattered across four files, which I've also pus

Re: Order of multi sub definitions can resolve dispatch ambiguity

2021-09-30 Thread Joseph Brenner
Joseph Brenner wrote: > And now Jonathan Worthington has announced that the new > Multi-dispatch mechanism is done... any bets on whether > any of this behavior will change? I don't see any change in this behavior using a fresh build from github.

Re: can u suggest a beginner book for perl6?

2021-09-30 Thread JJ Merelo
May I suggest my own "Perl 6 Quick Syntax Reference"? https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781484249550 El mié, 29 sept 2021 a las 14:26, Elizabeth Mattijsen () escribió: > Perhaps Think Raku: https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-perl-6/ ? > > > On 29 Sep 2021, at 14:18, Walt CH wrote: > > > > I have s