Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-22 Thread James Mastros
From: "Nathan Wiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 4:41 PM Subject: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator) > Does anyone else see a problem with =~ ? Plus, it makes the > pre-plus-concat that many desire impossible, since

Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-22 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 05:17 AM 6/22/2001 -0700, Benjamin Stuhl wrote: > > In summary: > > > >1. I don't like ~ for concat > > > >2. But if it does become concat, then we still > > shouldn't > > change ~'s current unary meaning > > > > > > Thanks for listening. > > > > -Nate > >I agree completely. Howev

Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-22 Thread Benjamin Stuhl
> In summary: > >1. I don't like ~ for concat > >2. But if it does become concat, then we still > shouldn't > change ~'s current unary meaning > > > Thanks for listening. > > -Nate I agree completely. However, this is no longer really a topic for -internals, it's really a pure

RE: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-21 Thread David Grove
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:31:22PM +0100, Graham Barr wrote: > > We can have a huge thread, just like before, but until we see any kind > > of update from Larry as to if he has changed his mind it is all a bit > > pointless. > > For what it's worth, I like it. > > > > Does anyone else see a prob

Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-21 Thread Me
> > For what it's worth, I like it. > > So do I, actually... it's sort of growing on me. Me too. (I think it (~ for concat, ^ for negation) is just fine.) The "clash" with =~ is disappointing though. Now if Larry had the cahones to change the =~ operator... (I find the notion of a short infix

Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-21 Thread Bart Lateur
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:49:21 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: >> > Does anyone else see a problem with =~ ? > >Does anyone else see a problem with "$negated=~$scalar;" ? :) You forgot the space between the "=" and the "~". And yes, that is a bit of a problem. -- Bart.

Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:31:22PM +0100, Graham Barr wrote: >> We can have a huge thread, just like before, but until we see any kind >> of update from Larry as to if he has changed his mind it is all a bit >> pointless. > For what it's worth, I like i

Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-21 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:49:21PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:31:22PM +0100, Graham Barr wrote: > > We can have a huge thread, just like before, but until we see any kind > > of update from Larry as to if he has changed his mind it is all a bit > > pointless. > > For

Re: ~ for concat / negation (Re: The Perl 6 Emulator)

2001-06-21 Thread Simon Cozens
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:31:22PM +0100, Graham Barr wrote: > We can have a huge thread, just like before, but until we see any kind > of update from Larry as to if he has changed his mind it is all a bit > pointless. For what it's worth, I like it. > > Does anyone else see a problem with =~ ?