On 5/19/05, Brad Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can't the appropriate identity just be prepended? > > > > my @a; > > > [+] @a; # 0? exception? > [+] (0, @a); > > > > [*] @a; # 1? exception? > [*] (1, @a); > > > > [<] @a; # false? > [<] (-Inf, @a); # ???
Wow, that's actually pretty elegant, and it has the benefit of explicitly TELLING the reader what you intended to do. Another option (depending on your situation) is to use 'err' to replace the resultant 'undef' with a value of your choosing, i.e. [*] @coefficients err 1; [+] @scores err 0; [&&] @preconditions err 1; etc. (assuming I got the precedence right) I think all these rather nice workarounds, combined with the hairiness and complexity of trying to come up with default answers, make a really strong case for undef/fail being the right choice here. Stuart
