>Tim Conrow wrote:
>>
>> Tom Christiansen wrote:
>> > Perhaps what you're truly looking for is a generalized tainting mechanism.
>>
>> Sounds cool, but I have only the vaguest idea what you (may) mean. Pointers?
>> RFCs? Examples? Hints?
>Sorry for the clutter, but I didn't want to come off too
Tim Conrow wrote:
>
> Tom Christiansen wrote:
> > Perhaps what you're truly looking for is a generalized tainting mechanism.
>
> Sounds cool, but I have only the vaguest idea what you (may) mean. Pointers?
> RFCs? Examples? Hints?
Sorry for the clutter, but I didn't want to come off too clueles
Tom Christiansen wrote:
> Perhaps what you're truly looking for is a generalized tainting mechanism.
Sounds cool, but I have only the vaguest idea what you (may) mean. Pointers?
RFCs? Examples? Hints?
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-- Tim Conrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
Perhaps what you're truly looking for is a generalized tainting mechanism.
--tom
Nathan Wiger wrote:
>
> Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >
> > Perl should fly far and fast from starting down the bumpy road where
> > that data is strongly typed in the mythical and deceptive text-vs-binary
> > sense ... Heed the wisdom of the Unix ...
I shouldn't have used the term "binary" in the p
Nathan Wiger wrote:
>
>One thing that Nat will soon be releasing is an RFC on strict typing.
>I'll also have one (hopefully) on an embedded tie-like solution that
>will allow you to create your own variable types. With these you would
>conceivably be able to say:
>
> use strict 'types';
> my p
Tom Christiansen wrote:
>
> Perl should fly far and fast from starting down the bumpy road where
> that data is strongly typed in the mythical and deceptive text-vs-binary
> sense ... Heed the wisdom of the Unix ...
Tom's exactly right. Data should be data, at least by default.
One of the beau
>On 19 Sep 2000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>> Distinguish packed binary data from printable strings
>What defines a "printable" string? What if I'm working in an environment
>that can "print" bytes that yours can't? Specifically I'm wondering how
>this proposal handles Unicode.
Perl should f
On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 07:00:35AM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> =head1 IMPLEMENTATION
>
> I know almost nothing about internals, so this is probably wrong, but
> see if I convey my meaning anyway.
Well, I have nothing to say about the utility of this module, but I
can say that for your bi
