Re: arrayref/hashref in spectest suite

2008-08-20 Thread TSa (Thomas Sandlaß)
On Monday, 18. August 2008 20:38:05 Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > I would somewhat expect > a reference to be instead handled using a statement like > > $foo[1] := $bar; > > Comments and clarifications appreciated. I would also opt for copy semantics whenever = is used for assignment. But it see

Re: arrayref/hashref in spectest suite

2008-08-20 Thread Larry Wall
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 01:38:05PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: : There are quite a few tests in the spectest suite that : make mention of "arrayref" and "hashref", and that expect : things to work like references do in Perl 5. I'd like to : get some confirmation/clarification on them. : : He

Re: Allowing '-' in identifiers: what's the motivation?

2008-08-20 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:59:50PM +0200, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: : * Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-08-13 19:20]: : > If we allow operator symbols in identifiers then the world : > will divide into those people who look at Perl 6 programs : > only through syntax-highlighting editors and

The False Cognate problem and what Roles are still missing

2008-08-20 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
Hi $Larry et al, I brought this up as a question at YAPC::EU and found to my surprise that no one seems to have thought of it yet. This is the mail I said I’d write. (And apologies, Larry. :-) ) Consider the classic example of roles named Dog and Tree which both have a `bark` method. Then there i

Re: The False Cognate problem and what Roles are still missing

2008-08-20 Thread Jon Lang
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi $Larry et al, > > I brought this up as a question at YAPC::EU and found to my > surprise that no one seems to have thought of it yet. This is > the mail I said I'd write. (And apologies, Larry. :-) ) > > Consider t