On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 03:28:12PM -0800, Ashley Winters wrote: : On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 11:15:14 -0800, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 10:25:49AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote: : > : But this convention provides much more accuracy than memorizing a list : > : of methods that don't automatically thread, or memorizing a list of : > : iterator methods that act on the iterator and not its current value. : > : > Except that you don't actually have to memorize a list. Methods thread : > on their invocant only if their invocant isn't a Junction. Its : > mnemonic value is no better or worse than any other MMD distinction. : : Is this behavior exclusive to methods? Or does something like this: : : 3.14159 + "1"|2; : : try to MMD-dispatch to: : : multi sub *infix:<+> (Num $foo, Str|Int $bar) : : instead of (or before) threading?
That would be an "instead of", I suspect. Larry
