On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 01:22:50AM -0500, Tanton Gibbs wrote:
> > I actually rather like MikeL's suggestion for the unary ops; clear,
> > concise, and highly readable. And look:
> >
> > my str $s = sprintf("%x", $i); # 30 characters
> > my str $s = hex $i; # 19 characters
> > my $s = ~hex $i; # 16 characters
>
> I think these are good, but I really think that Larry's idea of an "as"
> function is the best. Not only does it provide a decent syntax
> my str $s = $i.as("%x");
>
> it also has the ability to be overloaded for various user defined types.
>
I do agree that having it be a method (and hence overloadable) is the
best solution. I just wish there were some way to get away from those
dratted sprintf format strings.
--Dks
