On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 05:18 PM, Damian Conway wrote:
Various folks have suggested that the default assignment syntax:<snip>
sub foo(?$bar is copy = 1) {...}
be considered merely a shorthand for something like:
sub foo(?$bar is copy is default(1)) {...}
I don't know...maybe I'm worrying too much. But then, that's part of my job. ;-)
Are you concerned about having an C<is default()> spelling at all, or just about optional placements of C<=>? I agree that the C<is constant = 1> vs. C<= 1 is constant> is a potential point of confusion, and probably not worth the grief.
I don't know that that means we couldn't have an C<is default()> spelling, though. And C<is variadic> (or something easier to spell) for the * case. If we have C<is optional> and C<is named>, I think it would be appropriate to have names for the other linenoise as well.
(Percentage of me that really cares: 20%. But I suspect others might.)
MikeL
