Austin Hastings wrote:
role Dog {must bark();}
role Tree {must bark();}
class crossPerson {
method bark() {speak_sharply;}
}
class Trog does Tree does Dog {
method bark() {bark_like_a_trog;}
}
multi sub purchase(Dog $mansBestFriend) {...}
multi sub purchase(Tree $shrubbe
Austin Hastings wrote:
> Larry Wall wrote:
> > On the other hand, it's possible that we should extend the visual
> > metaphor of »« and apply it asymmetrically when one of the arguments
> > is expected to be scalar. That would mean that your last three lines
> > would be written:
> >
> > (1,
Joe Gottman wrote:
>About a month ago, a thread here suggested that we change the meaning
> of the comma operator. Currently, in scalar context the expression
> foo(), bar()
> means "evaluate foo(), discard the result, then return the value of
> bar()".
> It was suggested that this be chan
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On the other hand, it's possible that we should extend the visual metaphor
> of »« and apply it asymmetrically when one of the arguments is expected to
> be scalar. That would mean that your last three lines would be wr
Larry Wall wrote:
> Note that if we do take this approach, we'll have to require the space
> after = in
>
> @list = «a b c d e»;
Perl 6 has already set the precedent of the presence or absence of
whitespace being syntactically important (as opposed to Python, where the
amount and type of whi
About a month ago, a thread here suggested that we change the meaning of
the comma operator. Currently, in scalar context the expression
foo(), bar()
means "evaluate foo(), discard the result, then return the value of bar()".
It was suggested that this be changed to return the 2-element arr
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 01:54:33AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
: A thought occurred to me. What should this return:
:
: [1,2,3] »+« [4,5,6]
:
: At first glance, one might say [5,7,9]. But is that really the best
: way to go? I'm beginning to think that it should be the same as
: whatever [1,
The Perl 6 Summary for the week ending 20040118
I hope you'll forgive the lack of banter before we start in on
perl6-internals.
Threads. Again.
Still more proposals about threads this week. Jeff Clites offered some
notes based on the Java Virtual Machine's threading model. Surpri
A thought occurred to me. What should this return:
[1,2,3] Â+Â [4,5,6]
At first glance, one might say [5,7,9]. But is that really the best
way to go? I'm beginning to think that it should be the same as
whatever [1,2,3]+[4,5,6] is, hopefully an error.
Here's my reasoning. Substitute $a =
