On 10/4/05, Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> What should zip do given 1..3 and 1..6?
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> (a) 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6
> (b) 1 1 2 2 3 3 undef 4 undef 5 undef 6
> (c) 1 1 2 2 3 3
> (d) fail
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> I'd want c, mostly because of code like
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> for @foo Y 0... -> $foo, $i { ... }
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> Pugs currently does b.Yeah. This is one of those things where it is hard to have a single function always DWYM. Algorithm::Loops solves this by just providing multiple functions. I can't see how to solve this using MMD alone. You would need to add an optional parameter that would specify behavior -min (zip to the smallest list) -undef (insert undefs as needed) -error (blow up if the lists are not equal in size) etc Juerd > Just my 2 cents from the peanut gallery. Cheers, Joshua Gatcomb a.k.a. L~R
