On Sunday 03 September 2006 14:25, Mark Stosberg wrote: > Luke Palmer wrote: > > On 9/3/06, Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Note that the variant /with/ the parameter can be considered an exact > >> match, but but the variant /without/ it cannot be considered an exact > >> match. Excuse me for getting into this thread with only minor knowledge about perl6, but will there be MMD based on the *value* of parameters? Like Haskell has.
I don't know about a possible syntax, but sometimes it's a very nice way to dispatch to different parts. (I know that that's possible with if statements, but they have a disadvantage: they're not so visually "dispatching", if you know what I mean). Regards, Phil