On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:52:38PM +0200, James Mastros wrote: : Larry Wall wrote: : > : If yes, then (1)[0] means the same as 1.[0] and 1.[0][0][0]. If no, : > : (1)[0] is a runtime error just like 1.[0] -- i.e. unable to find the : > : matching .[] multisub under Int or its superclasses. : > : > Maybe we should just let someone poke a Subscriptable role into some : > class or other to determine the behavior if they care. : Why is this a role, rather then just implementing postcircumfix:«[ : ]»(Whatever $self: Int $index) ? (I'd hope the error message is a bit : more newbie-friendly, but that's the only special-casing I see it : needing...)
Different abstraction level. Maybe defining the postcircumfix is exactly what the role does. Larry
