On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 11:04:57PM +0100, Stéphane Payrard wrote:
: On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 12:12:59PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
: >
: > print $ref
: >
: > it doesn't do what you want, but
: >
: > print $ref.as(Array)
: >
: > might work a lot better, though of course
: >
: > print @
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 03:43:00PM -0800, Paul Hodges wrote:
: Amen, brutha. Accordingly, do we have an idea what it actually means to
: add a type to something? I mean, I get that we could say
:
: print "yup" if $Spot ~~ AttackDog;
:
: but is there still
:
: print ref $Spot;
:
: and if so
--- Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 07:16:21AM -0800, Paul Hodges wrote:
> : $Spot = $visitor.nephew ?? $nicedog :: $meandog;
> :
> : Which brings up a small side note: that's a successfully applied
> : boolean context for $visitor.nephew, right?
>
> Yes, but $v
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 12:12:59PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
>
> print $ref
>
> it doesn't do what you want, but
>
> print $ref.as(Array)
>
> might work a lot better, though of course
>
> print @$ref
>
What is supposed to do the splat operator in this context? My
understanding is
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 12:50:50PM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
: > -Original Message-
: > From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:30 PM
:
: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:17:37PM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
: > : I presume that the linear order (c
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 07:16:21AM -0800, Paul Hodges wrote:
: $Spot = $visitor.nephew ?? $nicedog :: $meandog;
:
: Which brings up a small side note: that's a successfully applied
: boolean context for $visitor.nephew, right?
Yes, but $visitor.nephew is no longer .does(nephew) in my current vi
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 12:22:00PM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
: > We might be able to make it work, though as you say, there are other
: > ways to get there, and the chances are that at least one of them will
: > be a better way. Certainly when the Dog object's class is composed, it
: > will ha
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 01:42:58PM +, Andy Wardley wrote:
: How about a single colon?
:
: Color:green
Vaguely possible, but the lexer would have to distinguish
Color:green
Color: green
Color :green
It may yet do that, but probably not for this reason.
: This is the same s
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 12:07:40PM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
: > From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > The behavior probably doesn't expire unless you've cloned the object
: > and the clone expires. However, if a role goes out of its lexical
: > scope, it can't be named, so it's effec
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 04:57:17AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
: Chris Shawmail (E-mail) writes:
: > I'm still digesting the vocabulary thread, but while I do, let me ask a
: > question that's probably crystal clear to everyone else.
: >
: > Do roles act as a form of mix-in, as Ruby modules may, and
> -Original Message-
> From: Luke Palmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 9:30 AM
> To: Andy Wardley; Larry Wall; Perl6; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: enums and bitenums
>
>
> Andy Wardley writes:
> > Larry Wall wrote:
> > > Well, we can't use -> because
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:30 PM
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:17:37PM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
> : Good. I like the mixin being available at either time. This
> makes properties
> : a lot more useful since I
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 7:39 PM
> To: Perl6
> Subject: Re: enums and bitenums
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:10:30PM -0800, Paul Hodges wrote:
> : Ok, wait a sec. Does that mean different references to the same
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 04:27:59PM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
> : > -Original Message-
> : > From: Jonathan Scott Duff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> : > I think I'm getting it but I'm not sure. Does something like this
> : > work?
> : >
> :
--- Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:10:30PM -0800, Paul Hodges wrote:
> : Ok, wait a sec. Does that mean different references to the same
> : critter can have differing sets of aspects?
> :
> : my Dog $Spot;
> : my $doggie = Dog.new();
> : my $meando
Andy Wardley writes:
> Larry Wall wrote:
> > Well, we can't use -> because we're using that for something else.
> > But it's certainly true that we'll have to have some mechanism for
> > disambiguating Color.green from Blackberry.green. After all,
> >
> > Blackberry.green == Color.red
> >
>
Larry Wall wrote:
> Well, we can't use -> because we're using that for something else.
> But it's certainly true that we'll have to have some mechanism for
> disambiguating Color.green from Blackberry.green. After all,
>
> Blackberry.green == Color.red
>
> Or maybe it's
>
> Blackberry::
Chris Shawmail (E-mail) writes:
> I'm still digesting the vocabulary thread, but while I do, let me ask a
> question that's probably crystal clear to everyone else.
>
> Do roles act as a form of mix-in, as Ruby modules may, and Objective-C
> protocols do?
>
> Would the following two snippets be a
I'm still digesting the vocabulary thread, but while I do, let me ask a
question that's probably crystal clear to everyone else.
Do roles act as a form of mix-in, as Ruby modules may, and Objective-C
protocols do?
Would the following two snippets be at all equivalent?
# Perl6
role Talk {
meth
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