On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:42:08PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
: Larry Wall wrote:
:
: >On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:06:17PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
: >: Since the line between rules and subs is already blurring significantly,
: >: I want to blur it a little more. I want to write rules which can take
> : Does get handled as )> or as
> : , q)>, in which case it's really qw//?
>
> The former. It's a single string, which you can parse however you like.
> Though I suppose we could extend the colon to a colon modifier:
>
>
>
> That's getting a little weird though, considering that in most
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 01:24:59PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
: Thanks for pointing that out, Patrick. I'm impressed with how you've
: assimilated all the S's & A's. (And yes, I love that the guy in charge
: of implementing the language has that ability.)
Yes, Patrick is a jewel. We'll probably we
Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:32:28PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:06:17PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
: Since the line between rules and subs is already blurring significantly,
: I want to blur it a little more. I want to write rules which can take
:
Larry Wall wrote:
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:06:17PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
: Since the line between rules and subs is already blurring significantly,
: I want to blur it a little more. I want to write rules which can take
: parameters.
No problem. That's how the arguments to rules like are
a
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:32:28PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:06:17PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
> : Since the line between rules and subs is already blurring significantly,
> : I want to blur it a little more. I want to write rules which can take
> : parameters.
>
> No p
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:06:17PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
: Since the line between rules and subs is already blurring significantly,
: I want to blur it a little more. I want to write rules which can take
: parameters.
No problem. That's how the arguments to rules like are
already passed. If
Rod Adams writes:
> Since the line between rules and subs is already blurring significantly,
> I want to blur it a little more. I want to write rules which can take
> parameters.
No no no! That's too powerful.
Wow, skimming through both S5 and A5 and I see no mention of such a
thing. I know w
