On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/12/2010 12:39 PM, David Mertens wrote: > >> >> I was reading through the comparison in the Perldl2/TODO file and >> noticed the 'use package' difference. I'm not sure what you mean when >> you say that the current perldl doesn't support this. I mean, I 'use >> PDL::Graphics::PLplot' all the time and it works. >> >> Thanks. >> David >> > > Compare this Perldl2 session segment: > > PDL> package hello > PDL> $var = 3 > PDL> package main > PDL> p $var > Use of uninitialized value $_[0] in print at (eval 312) line 5. > PDL> p $hello::var > 3 > > with this one from perldl: > > perldl> package hello > perldl> $var = 3 > perldl> package main > perldl> p $var > 3 > perldl> p $hello::var > perldl> > > The lexical context is also preserved across command lines > with Perldl2. What it boils down to is that the Perldl2 > shell supports more of Perl syntax and usage with PDL as > compared with perldl which supports PDL programs with Perl > syntax partially supported. Not really an issue for using > PDL but definitely nice to have for more general program > development with Perl and PDL... > > Cheers, > Chris > Ah. Makes sense. Thanks. -- Sent via my carrier pigeon.
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