Re: AW: nag Exegesis 2

2003-01-06 Thread Miko O'Sullivan
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Luke Palmer wrote: > From: Luke Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > is a fatal error. I could argue for this to change, as to support > better readability (and it would). It's obvious WIM, so why doesn't it > DWIM (disclaimer: cannot be used as an argument for arbitrary features.

Re: AW: nag Exegesis 2

2003-01-04 Thread Damian Conway
Murat Ünalan wrote: Oh yes. Psycho-affectivly it is disturbing seeing the group of variables ($pre, $in, $post) teared apart from the initilizing (0..2). This is my second step in the brain when analysing it. And this is prone to problems like in: my int ($one, $two, $three, $four, $five, $six,

Re: AW: nag Exegesis 2

2003-01-04 Thread Joseph F. Ryan
Luke Palmer wrote: > In Perl 5, > > my int ($one = 0, $two = 1, $three = 2); > > is a fatal error. I could argue for this to change, as to support > better readability (and it would). It's obvious WIM, so why doesn't > it DWIM (disclaimer: cannot be used as an argument for arbitrary > featu

Re: AW: nag Exegesis 2

2003-01-04 Thread Luke Palmer
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Murat_=DCnalan?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:50:22 +0100 > > > > my int ($pre, $in, $post) is constant = (0..2); > > > > > > Two things "type and property" that belong so together > > > > Do they? Surely the type and constancy of a variable are > > ent