Re: Meditations on a Loop

Sartak sartak-at-gmail.com |Perl 6| wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM, John M. Dlugosz <2nb81l...@sneakemail.com> wrote: That sounds like a circular reference problem. If the dot is a simple multi sub and is expected to dispatch based on type (different types may have different dispatch

Re: Meditations on a Loop

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM, John M. Dlugosz <2nb81l...@sneakemail.com> wrote: > That sounds like a circular reference problem.  If the dot is a simple multi > sub and is expected to dispatch based on type (different types may have > different dispatchers), what "type" are you keying off of to

Re: Meditations on a Loop

Daniel Ruoso daniel-at-ruoso.com |Perl 6| wrote: Em Sex, 2009-05-22 às 18:27 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: Daniel Ruoso wrote: That's because dot is an operator as well and might be subject to be overriden... but don't tell anyone that... You mean by installing a different dis

Re: Meditations on a Loop

Em Sex, 2009-05-22 às 18:27 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: > Daniel Ruoso wrote: > > That's because dot is an operator as well and might be subject to be > > overriden... but don't tell anyone that... > You mean by installing a different dispatcher for the object? By > hooking the grammar at a

Re: Meditations on a Loop

Daniel Ruoso wrote: Em Qui, 2009-05-21 às 20:21 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: but it was crudly inserted, so just before it the text still reads, "The "dot" form and the indirect object form DEFAULT to method calls. All other prefix calls DEFAULT to subroutine calls." (emphasis mine),

Array variables as formal parameters ???

Please take a look at . I started working through how the detailed behavior of the Capture and passing rules need to work, and I ran into something that startled me. There's no examples in S06 of formal parameters, other than the special

r26914 - docs/Perl6/Spec

Author: jnthn Date: 2009-05-23 00:34:34 +0200 (Sat, 23 May 2009) New Revision: 26914 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S12-objects.pod Log: [spec] Oops, forgot to save before commit. Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S12-objects.pod === --- docs/

r26912 - docs/Perl6/Spec

Author: jnthn Date: 2009-05-22 23:59:49 +0200 (Fri, 22 May 2009) New Revision: 26912 Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S12-objects.pod Log: [spec] We now always require the candidate to be passed to bless, otherwise there's potential for confusion with the first auto-vivifying type object. Modified:

Re: Meditations on a Loop

Em Qui, 2009-05-21 às 20:21 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: > but it was crudly inserted, so just before it the text still reads, "The > "dot" form and the indirect object form DEFAULT to method calls. All > other prefix calls DEFAULT to subroutine calls." (emphasis mine), That's because dot i

Re: Meditations on a Loop

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud-at-pobox.com |Perl 6| wrote: The page currently says: "The reason this [.prime] works is because the method-call syntax will call an ordinary non-member sub also." I think this is no longer the case (and hasn't been for some time). Pm Wow, that's new

Re: Meditations on a Loop

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Timothy S. Nelson wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 2009, Jonathan Worthington wrote: > >> Daniel Ruoso wrote: >>> >>> Em Sex, 2009-05-22 às 01:25 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: >>>   �...@primes = do $_ if prime($_) for 1..100; becomes   �...@primes = $_ wh

Re: Meditations on a Loop

On Fri, 22 May 2009, Jonathan Worthington wrote: Daniel Ruoso wrote: Em Sex, 2009-05-22 às 01:25 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: @primes = do $_ if prime($_) for 1..100; becomes @primes = $_ when prime($_) for 1..100; you gained one stroke, it's certainly better... I think it's t

Re: Meditations on a Loop

Daniel Ruoso wrote: Em Sex, 2009-05-22 às 01:25 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: @primes = do $_ if prime($_) for 1..100; becomes @primes = $_ when prime($_) for 1..100; you gained one stroke, it's certainly better... I think it's time to play golf with Perl 6 already ;) joke

Re: Meditations on a Loop

Em Sex, 2009-05-22 às 01:25 -0500, John M. Dlugosz escreveu: > @primes = do $_ if prime($_) for 1..100; > becomes > @primes = $_ when prime($_) for 1..100; you gained one stroke, it's certainly better... I think it's time to play golf with Perl 6 already ;) jokes aside, "$_ when prime($_