Re: anonimity

2004-11-11 Thread Juerd
James Mastros skribis 2004-11-11 3:55 (+0100): > It would seem, then, that the answer is "there's some property of > thingies that gives the name that error messages will use to refer to > them". (I want to thank the man who made "thingy" the proper technical > term, BTW.) So what's it called

Re: anonimity

2004-11-11 Thread James Mastros
Larry Wall wrote: On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 10:37:39PM +0100, Juerd wrote: : Larry Wall skribis 2004-11-06 13:32 (-0800): : > Easy, just one of : > my $named := anonymous(); : > my @named := anonymous(); : > my %named := anonymous(); : > my &named := anonymous(); : > my ::named :=

Re: anonimity

2004-11-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 06:19:05PM -0600, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: : It eliminates the hackish division of circumfix operators by making : each side explicit. This is an improvement if you ask me. More importantly, it avoids having to enumerate a list of characters that have to be backslashed.

Re: anonimity

2004-11-07 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 12:32:11AM +0100, Juerd wrote: > Hurrah, even more use of ÂÂ. But that is okay, as I have nearly half of > my terminals configured now, so that I can input and view them. Excellent! As soon as you have the other half configured you'll be ready for perl6 (and by that time i

Re: anonimity

2004-11-07 Thread Juerd
Hurrah, even more use of «». But that is okay, as I have nearly half of my terminals configured now, so that I can input and view them. I don't understand why it is needed, though. Why wasn't infix:+ good enough? infix:«+» and infix:{'+'} are more linenoise, and IMHO it's far from elegant. Juer

Re: anonimity

2004-11-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 02:00:28PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: : By the way, until I figure out how to drive combust on perl.org, : the most recent versions of Apocalpses and Synopses may be found at : : http://www.wall.org:~larry/apo : http://www.wall.org:~larry/syn Er, s:2nd|:|/|... Larry

Re: anonimity

2004-11-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 10:37:39PM +0100, Juerd wrote: : Larry Wall skribis 2004-11-06 13:32 (-0800): : > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:17:03PM +0100, Juerd wrote: : > : Which things can either have a name or be anonymous? : > (...) : > Lists (Lazy and Eager) : : If lists can be named, then is there

Re: anonimity

2004-11-06 Thread Larry Wall
By the way, until I figure out how to drive combust on perl.org, the most recent versions of Apocalpses and Synopses may be found at http://www.wall.org:~larry/apo http://www.wall.org:~larry/syn There are new S10, S11, S12, and S13 pods there. Recent changes include: Strictures and

Re: anonimity

2004-11-06 Thread Juerd
Larry Wall skribis 2004-11-06 13:32 (-0800): > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:17:03PM +0100, Juerd wrote: > : Which things can either have a name or be anonymous? > (...) > Lists (Lazy and Eager) If lists can be named, then is there still any difference between array and list, except for automatic (de

Re: anonimity

2004-11-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:17:03PM +0100, Juerd wrote: : Which things can either have a name or be anonymous? : : Scalar values : Arrays : Hashes : Rules : Subs : Classes? : Roles? : Modules? : Other things? Subtypes Enums Lists (Lazy and Eager) Grammars Packages : If anonymous roles exist, then