Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

2003-01-06 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 1:10 PM + 1/6/03, Piers Cawley wrote: Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: An object is a data type, as much as an array or hash is a data type, but that doesn't make an array an object. [insert obligatory "all men are Socratese" quote here) I really hope you're wrong here Dan. At

Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

2003-01-06 Thread Michael Lazzaro
On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 01:19 PM, Dave Whipp wrote: Conversly, an C operation should be nothing more than $obj = new ArrayLikeThing; @a := $obj; # the tie I was under the impression that a more concise way of saying that would be: my @a = new ArrayLikeThing; -or- my @a is

Re: AW: nag Exegesis 2

2003-01-06 Thread Miko O'Sullivan
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Luke Palmer wrote: > From: Luke Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > is a fatal error. I could argue for this to change, as to support > better readability (and it would). It's obvious WIM, so why doesn't it > DWIM (disclaimer: cannot be used as an argument for arbitrary features.

Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

2003-01-06 Thread Piers Cawley
Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > An object is a data type, as much as an array or hash is a data type, > but that doesn't make an array an object. [insert obligatory "all men > are Socratese" quote here) I really hope you're wrong here Dan. At least in that particular case. Being able to