Re: Implicit parameter aliases

2003-08-14 Thread Mark J. Reed
On 2003-08-05 at 16:10:46, Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 1:02 PM -0700 8/5/03, Dave Whipp wrote: > >Can I discriminate on parameter names using multi subs? > > Nope. Named parameters don't participate in MMD. 1. I'm thinking MMD should be called something else when being applied to multisubs rather

Implicit parameter aliases

2003-08-06 Thread Dave Whipp
Are parameter names part of the function signature? A6 defines "siglets", which don't appear to include parameter names. If I write: sub foo( Int $a, Int $b ) {...} sub foo( Int $a, Int $c ) { print $a+$c } Are these now equivalent: foo( a => 1, b => 2 ) foo( a => 1, c => 3 ) What if I

Re: Implicit parameter aliases

2003-08-05 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 1:02 PM -0700 8/5/03, Dave Whipp wrote: Can I discriminate on parameter names using multi subs? Nope. Named parameters don't participate in MMD. -- Dan --"it's like this"--- Dan Sugalski