Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --- Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> How about:
>>
>> my method SCALAR::attributes($self:) { $$self }
>> my method HASH::attributes(%self:) { %self.kv }
>> my method ARRAY::attributes(@self:) { [EMAIL PROTECTED] }
>>
>> method _attributes($attrs) {
>> my @attributes = $attrs.attributes
>> return @attributes[0] if @attributes == 1;
>> ...
>> }
>>
>> Assuming it's legal.
>
> Just saw this. Sorry for the late reply.
>
> At first that gave me the willies, then I noticed the "my" on the
> front. I assume because of the "my" on there that this would affect
> those data types only locally? That seems like it would be a nice
> compromise.
>
> Is this legal syntax?
After some discussion on #perl6, we thought probably not (unless
@Larry rules otherwise). However,
my multi attributes( Scalar $scalar: ) { $$scalar }
my multi attributes( Hash %hash: ) { %hash.kv }
my multi attributes( Array @array: ) { [EMAIL PROTECTED] }
definitely is legal (though it does rather suffer from the end-weight
problem to my way of thinking).
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Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.bofh.org.uk/
