Re: What is my sub?

On 05/26/2018 10:41 PM, Xin Cheng wrote: Hi, Why does anyone want to know the name of the sub inside the sub itself? Is it more interesting to know the name of the calling sub? Thanks! Xin Hi Xin, This program check about 50 web sites to find new revisions of software I need to support my

Re: What is my sub?

Hi, Why does anyone want to know the name of the sub inside the sub itself? Is it more interesting to know the name of the calling sub? Thanks! Xin > On May 26, 2018, at 2:32 PM, Larry Wall wrote: > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 07:23:45PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > : Follow up: based on Yary

Re: What is my sub?

On 05/26/2018 11:32 AM, Larry Wall wrote: On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 07:23:45PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: : Follow up: based on Yary's wonderful advice, this is my keeper : on the subject: : : : : perl6: what is the name of the subroutine you are currently in: : : It is: : &?ROUTINE.name :

Re: my keeper on random numbers

On 05/26/2018 09:22 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Why the caret in `0..^1000`?  Why not `0..1000`? Figured that one out. The caret means to exclude the last number, so `0..^1000` is the same as `0..999` Thank you!

Re: my keeper on random numbers

On 05/26/2018 09:09 PM, Brad Gilbert wrote: On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 10:59 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 05/26/2018 05:10 AM, Brian Duggan wrote: To convert to an positive integer, use truncate: $ p6 'say 1000.rand.truncate;' 876 or use pick: perl6 -e 'say (^1000).pick' 209 Brian

Re: my keeper on random numbers

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 10:59 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 05/26/2018 05:10 AM, Brian Duggan wrote: >>> >>> To convert to an positive integer, use truncate: >>> $ p6 'say 1000.rand.truncate;' >>> 876 >> >> >> or use pick: >> >> perl6 -e 'say (^1000).pick' >> 209 >> >> Brian > > > Hi Bria

Re: my keeper on random numbers

On 05/26/2018 05:10 AM, Brian Duggan wrote: To convert to an positive integer, use truncate: $ p6 'say 1000.rand.truncate;' 876 or use pick: perl6 -e 'say (^1000).pick' 209 Brian Hi Brian, What does (^1000) mean? -T

Re: What is my sub?

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 07:23:45PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: : Follow up: based on Yary's wonderful advice, this is my keeper : on the subject: : : : : perl6: what is the name of the subroutine you are currently in: : : It is: : &?ROUTINE.name : callframe(0).code.name : : $ p6 'sub

[perl #126531] [JVM] throwing X::AdHoc "Cannot assign to a readonly variable or a value" instead of X::Parameter::RW

After https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/704b893c6a the last tests fudged with this ticket are passing. I'm closing this ticket as 'resolved'.

Re: my keeper on random numbers

> To convert to an positive integer, use truncate: > $ p6 'say 1000.rand.truncate;' > 876 or use pick: perl6 -e 'say (^1000).pick' 209 Brian