On Thu 14 Nov, Michael G Schwern wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 12:19:47PM +0000, Andy Wardley wrote: > > Can we overload + in Perl 6 to work as both numeric addition > > and string concatenation, depending on the type of the operand > > on the left?
There have been times when I have wondered if string concatination could be done without any operator at all. Simply the placement of two things next to each other as in $foo $bar or $foo$bar would silently concatenate them. But then I feel there are some deep horrors and ambiguities that I have failed to spot... Richard -- Personal [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.waveney.org Telecoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.WaveneyConsulting.com Web services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wavwebs.com Independent Telecomms Specialist, ATM expert, Web Analyst & Services