So I sit here and think for a minute about how nice it will be in P6 to
be able to define
operator infix:eqi($str1, $str2) {...}
for doing
if ($1 eqi "last")
and I think about the whole 'C' string library. Which dredges up my old
questions about parameterized operators:
How can I convenie
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Austin Hastings wrote:
> How can I conveniently pass an extra parameter to a historically binary
> operator?
If it's one of the 'base' binary operators (addition, subtraction, and
whatnot) you don't.
Dan
Austin Hastings writes:
> How can I conveniently pass an extra parameter to a historically binary
> operator?
I see a few possibilities. The first, call it like a function:
if infix:eqn("Dough", "Douglas", n => 4) {...}
Or, you could use the adverbial modifier C (well, not officially
yet, b
"Austin Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> if ("Dough" eqn(4) "Douglas") ...
I wonder if the . operator is available here:
if "Dough" eq.n(4) "Douglas" { ... }
that makes it intuitive how to define new equality "methods". One thing of
concern is that we'd need whitespace rules to disambig
--- Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:18:12AM +0200, Paul Johnson wrote:
> : By the way, I trust this will be addressed (if it hasn't been
> : already):
> :
> : perl5 -le 'print "gah!" if exists $a{b}{c}; print "phooey!"
> : if exists $a{b}'
> :
> : perlfunc say
