----- Original Message -----
From: "Hanson, Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Rod Adams'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Perl 6 Language"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: RE: Perl 6's for() signature
> > Anyone but me feel the need for non-greedy
> > slurpy arrays? similar to non-greedy RE matches?
>
> I definately like the idea of having something like that. It probably
> wouldn't be used much, but it is nice to have the option.
>
> One thing though, can't you accomplish the same thing by slurping
> everything, then poping the block off of the array?
>
> Rob
Yes, but you lose compile-time type checking on the last parameter. I
would prefer to have
for 1,2,3;
fail at compile-time, not run time;
