On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 12:02:02PM -0800, Dave Whipp wrote:
> $b = 4294967296:1.2.3.4 # base 2**32
Hmm, interesting. Just as an aside, this gives me an idea: would it be
feasible to allow the base to be specified as an expression instead of
a constant? (I'm pretty sure it would be useful.) For example:
4294967296:1.2.3.4 # working with a really big base, hard to grok
2**32:1.2.3.4 # ahhhhh, much better
24*60*60:10 # one day in seconds, easy representation
Or how about run-time evaluated versions?
# Set a timer to run for either a day or an hour, depending
$timer = 60*60*($use_days ? 24 : 1):10
Or a REALLY sick one:
fetch_base():7.9 # great for Obfuscated Perl. also good for
# concisely (though not partiuclarly readably)
# determining multiple values for the index
# into a dispatch table.
--Dks
