> "GL" == Glenn Linderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GL> Chaim Frenkel wrote:
>> ($foo, $baz, @bar) = (1,(2,3),4) # $foo = 1 $baz=2, @bar=(3,4)
>>
>> Actually, looking at it like that makes it an ugly situation. The 'new'
>> expectation would be to have it become
>> # $foo=1 $baz=2 @bar=(4)
David L. Nicol wrote:
>
> For sets, hashes are a better perl representation.
I think you must have missed some of this discussion.
Rather than reiterate my contributions, I'll point you into the archive:
http://www.mail-archive.com/perl6-language%40perl.org/msg03425.html
http://www.mail-
>
> =head1 ABSTRACT
>
> When programming in perl we need really often to calculate
> union, intersection, difference between arrays. It will be
> cool if such functions could be part of the perl6 language.
Arrays/Lists are ordered, sets are not.
For sets, hashes are a better perl representati
Peter Scott wrote:
>
> At 11:48 AM 9/3/00 +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
> >> Ever consider then having
> >>
> >> ($a, $b, $c) = ;
> >> or
> >> @a[4,1,5] = ;
> >>
> >> only read three lines?
> >
> >I think this is a superb idea, and look forward to someone's RFC'i
> > A scalar context C would also need to DWIM, presumably by returning
> > "0, but true" in that (unusual) situation.
>
> Actually, given Damian's and my conversations last night, it looks like
> the first return arg from want() is going to be the context after all
> (since the
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:48:45 +0200, dLux wrote:
>/--- On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:18:56PM -0500, Greg Rollins wrote:
>| Will perl monitor the commit and rollback actions of transactions?
>\---
>
>What exactly you mean?
And did you have to quote 500+ lines of the RFC just to add this one
sentence?
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 05:33:27 +1100 (EST), Damian Conway wrote:
>A scalar context C would also need to DWIM, presumably by returning
>"0, but true" in that (unusual) situation.
I don't understand the existence of that phrase, and the fact that it
doesn't give a warning when used in numerical cont
Damian Conway wrote:
>
>> >if ( ($num_to_return) = want 'LIST' ) {
>> > # do stuff
>> >}
>>
>> $num_to_return would be zero, but the assignment would cause the
>> if() to be true.
>
> A scalar context C would also need to DWIM, presumably by retu
> >if ( ($num_to_return) = want 'LIST' ) {
> > # do stuff
> >}
>
> And more correct as I would assume that
>
> () = some_func();
>
> $num_to_return would be zero, but the assignment would cause the
> if() to be true.
A scalar context C
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:16:48AM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
>> By RFC 21, it looks like the call would be
>>
>>if ( want 'LIST' ) {
>> $num_to_return = want;
>> # do stuff
>>}
>
> or, more efficiently:
>
>if ( ($num_to_return) = want 'LIST'
/--- On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:18:56PM -0500, Greg Rollins wrote:
| Will perl monitor the commit and rollback actions of transactions?
\---
What exactly you mean?
dLux
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