From: Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:56:45 +0200
Bob Rogers wrote:
> My sense of the usage on this list is that "multisub" means a MultiSub
> PMC and a "multimethod" is what you add to the MultiSub when you define
> a sub with the :multi keyword. A
Have the sort function simply return a lazy list object. When the [4]
is called on that object, it knows to do as much work as needed, and can
leave the rest as lazy.
--John
Dave Whipp dave-at-whipp.name |Perl 6| wrote:
Lets say I want to find the 5th smallest element in an array. I might
wr
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 07:45:08AM -0700, Allison Randal via RT wrote:
> As mentioned in RT #49168, I'm in favor of a --language flag,
> that selects the default PBC/PIR file to run, and passes all other
> arguments to the ':main' sub in that file. It can also select default
> paths based on the
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Klaas-Jan Stol wrote:
>
>>
> This is another one of those muddy cases in PIR where words conflict
when
they shouldn't. I can't think of any way that it's actually useful to
have a
variable named
Klaas-Jan Stol wrote:
This is another one of those muddy cases in PIR where words conflict when
they shouldn't. I can't think of any way that it's actually useful to have a
variable named 'add' prevent you from using the opcode 'add'.
.. but of course, I don't want to exclude it. If it is rea
Bob Rogers wrote:
My sense of the usage on this list is that "multisub" means a MultiSub
PMC and a "multimethod" is what you add to the MultiSub when you define
a sub with the :multi keyword. Am I the only one who finds this a
useful distinction?
Oh, I see. No wonder this conversation has bee
Klaas-Jan Stol wrote:
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, it will be deprecated, or at least renamed. The C<.return> directive
without parentheses is an old convention for passing a single return result,
and must always be sandwiched between C<.beg
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From: Ron Schmidt via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Subject: [perl #58150] Doing split on the result of a slurped empty
file results in a Null PMC Access in rakudo
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> $ < empty ./perl6 -e 'say split("\n", $
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Klaas-Jan Stol (via RT) wrote:
>
>>
>> The parentheses surrounding the arguments are mandatory. Besides making
>> sequence break more conspicuous, this is necessary to distinguish this
>> syntax from other uses of the C<
Klaas-Jan Stol (via RT) wrote:
The parentheses surrounding the arguments are mandatory. Besides making
sequence break more conspicuous, this is necessary to distinguish this
syntax from other uses of the C<.return> directive that will be probably
deprecated.
The open issue of the 'probably dep
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