>
> I think 'subset' might be a nicer colour for this bikeshed. For an
> extra three characters you lose the confusion with "to set", and it
> highlights the fact that you're (usually) declaring a *constrained*
> subset of the original type.
>
>
> Stuart
>
Ehh. By that definition arn't all sets s
Luke Palmer wrote:
> Just some initial thoughts and syntax issues. I'll come back to it on
> the conceptual side a little later.
I'm looking forward to it.
> Jonathan Lang wrote:
> > method coerce:complexPolar () returns complexPolar {
> > return new complexPolar ($.x * $.x + $.y * $.y, at
On 10/13/05, Dave Whipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (ref: http://svn.openfoundry.org/pugs/docs/notes/theory.pod)
>
> >theory Ring{::R} {
> >multi infix:<+> (R, R --> R) {...}
> >multi prefix:<-> (R --> R){...}
> >multi infix:<-> (R $x, R $y --> R) { $x + (-
On 12/11/05, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 01:45:21PM +0100, TSa wrote:
> : So, why not call the thing what it is---a set *type* declarator!
> :
> : set SmallInt of Int where { abs < 10 };
> :
> : set SomeNums of Num = (3.14, 4, 89, 23.42);
> :
> : set Bit of
On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 01:45:21PM +0100, TSa wrote:
: So, why not call the thing what it is---a set *type* declarator!
:
: set SmallInt of Int where { abs < 10 };
:
: set SomeNums of Num = (3.14, 4, 89, 23.42);
:
: set Bit of Int = (0,1);
Interesting idea. I expect a bit of interference
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 08:42:44AM -0500, Joe Gottman wrote:
: Do functions like map and grep, which in Perl5 return lists, return
: Iterators in Perl6?
A list may contain iterators. Lists don't eagerly flatten in Perl 6.
: Can an Iterator be passed to a function (like map and grep again)
: that
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 06:21:53AM +, Luke Palmer wrote:
: Just some initial thoughts and syntax issues. I'll come back to it on
: the conceptual side a little later.
:
: On 11/10/05, Jonathan Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >
: > class complexRectilinear {
: > has $.x, $.y;
:
: Hmm, tha
On 11/11/05, Joe Gottman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The various synopses contain many mentions of Iterators. These are used,
> for instance, to implement lazy lists so the expression 1..1_000_000 does
> not have to allocate a million element array. But as far as I can tell the
> term is neve
The various synopses contain many mentions of Iterators. These are used,
for instance, to implement lazy lists so the expression 1..1_000_000 does
not have to allocate a million element array. But as far as I can tell the
term is never defined anywhere in the synopses. Is Iterator a role, and
