On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 09:18:38PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 03:26:02AM -0000, John M. Dlugosz wrote: > : S06 shows how to define named-only parameters, "marked with a prefix :". > But no example shows anything more than a bare parameter name. No type is > ever given! > : > : Looking through my copy of STD.pm, I'm baffled, as it seems not to take > types in parameter lists at all. > > It's at the top of token parameter where there is a <type_constraint>*.
Yes, but where does <type_constraint> resolve down to a typename? My reading of STD.pm is that <type_constraint> becomes a <value> (since it's not a 'where' clause in this case), and <value> is currently one of <quote>, <number>, or <version>. Pm
