On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 03:13:09PM -0400, Austin Hastings wrote:
: Can I declare a const reference and have it optimized away?
:
: class Queue {
: has @:elements;
: has $:array_delegate
: handles
: = \@:elements
: is const;
: }
I suppose, depending on what you mean
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 02:07:16PM -0400, Austin Hastings wrote:
> : I guess I'm more strongly attached to the sigil than I
> realized. IMO, if you
> : have
> :
> : $obj handles 'a';
> :
> : and put an arrayref in $ob
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 02:07:16PM -0400, Austin Hastings wrote:
: I guess I'm more strongly attached to the sigil than I realized. IMO, if you
: have
:
: $obj handles 'a';
:
: and put an arrayref in $obj, then you get what's coming: iteration. But if
: you have
:
: @obj handles 'a';
:
: th
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 10:39:33AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
: On the other hand, maybe making %:handlers special is wrong, and it
I meant @:handlers there, of course. We all seem to be having a
little trouble with syntax today, doesn't us?
Larry
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 01:15:51PM -0400, Austin Hastings wrote:
> : A12 sez:
> :
> : If your delegation object happens to be an array:
> :
> : has @:handlers handles 'foo';
> :
> : then something cool happens. I
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 11:28:02AM -0600, Luke Palmer wrote:
: Though the hash "handles" handler hardly seems useful to me. Perhaps
: someone can explain what that's intended to accomplish.
No idea. It just seemed like it ought to be made to mean something.
On the other hand, maybe making %:han
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 01:15:51PM -0400, Austin Hastings wrote:
: A12 sez:
:
: If your delegation object happens to be an array:
:
: has @:handlers handles 'foo';
:
: then something cool happens. In this case
: Perl 6 assumes that your array contains a list of potential
: handlers,
Austin Hastings writes:
> A12 sez:
>
> If your delegation object happens to be an array:
>
> has @:handlers handles 'foo';
>
> then something cool happens. In this case
> Perl 6 assumes that your array contains a list of potential
> handlers, and you just want to call the first one
A12 sez:
If your delegation object happens to be an array:
has @:handlers handles 'foo';
then something cool happens. In this case
Perl 6 assumes that your array contains a list of potential
handlers, and you just want to call the first one that
succeeds.
This is not clear, and I
