Re: The [] metaoperator

2005-05-14 Thread Juerd
Larry Wall skribis 2005-05-14 8:29 (-0700): > : say [x]; > : Is it a repeating metaoperator on an empty list, or a single-element > : array reference that contains the return value of calling &x()? > Always the first. [x] doesn't have to do lookahead. Does this mean that [x] is just an inter

Re: The [] metaoperator

2005-05-14 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 10:53:38PM +0800, Autrijus Tang wrote: : On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 10:56:29PM +1000, Damian Conway wrote: : > 8. To verify the monotonicity of a sequence: : > : >$is_monotonic = [<] @numbers; : : Hey. Does this mean that the [] metaoperator fo

The [] metaoperator

2005-05-14 Thread Autrijus Tang
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 10:56:29PM +1000, Damian Conway wrote: > 8. To verify the monotonicity of a sequence: > >$is_monotonic = [<] @numbers; Hey. Does this mean that the [] metaoperator folds with the associativity of the operator inside it? That is, if the operat