At 10:06 PM 9/24/2001 -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to change the default value of
>a hash? So instead of undef you'll get whatever default you like?
Sure, I don't see why not. The hash access function is responsible for
returning a value, so there's no
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:59:51PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote:
> > "MGS" == Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> MGS> Backwards?
>
> MGS> File.read_backwards($filename) {
> MGS> print
> MGS> }
>
> not trivial but not too hard. check out File::ReadBackwards
Uri Guttman:
# $fh.irs( 'Peterbilt' ) ;
We're going to have an IRS property on filehandles? God, I can hear the
jokes already...
--Brent Dax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Configure pumpking for Perl 6
They *will* pay for what they've done.
> "MGS" == Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MGS> Backwards?
MGS> File.read_backwards($filename) {
MGS> print
MGS> }
not trivial but not too hard. check out File::ReadBackwards for a way to
do it efficiently in perl5. it requires some careful seeking, buf
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:39:06AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
> Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [ A description of the Ruby 'block' syntax ]
>
> Note too that, adopting the block syntax would let you do:
>
> File.new($filename) { ... }
>
> Which doesn't look like much, but n
Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[ A description of the Ruby 'block' syntax ]
Note too that, adopting the block syntax would let you do:
File.new($filename) { ... }
Which doesn't look like much, but new could be implemented in such a
way that, if called with a block, the constr
