On 8/1/03 11:44 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote: > Is it possible with the new parameter declaration syntax to declare > a mandatory name-only parameter?
My earlier plea for this feature begins here: http://archive.develooper.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg14666.html I didn't think I made much headway, but this... On 8/1/03 5:52 PM, Damian Conway wrote: > Probably. ...is encouraging :) > I think that the '?', '*', and '+ prefixes are abbreviations for > traits (C<is optional>, C<is List>, C<is optional is named>). So > a named, mandatory parameter would be: > > sub foo($bar is named) {...} Good, but a single-letter prefix would also be nice :) > Alternatively, you could just specify a mandatory parameter that has to be a > Pair: > > sub foo(Pair $bar) {...} > > (though then you'd have to use C<$bar.value> for the value). Ick. -John
