RE: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Damian Conway wrote: : : > or : : > : : > given ( "/home/temp/", $f ) : : > -> ( str $x , int $n ) { : : > $x ~ ["one, "two", ... , "hundreed"][$n] : : > }; : : > : : > it seems that the last does not work beca

RE: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

Damian Conway wrote: : > or : > : > given ( "/home/temp/", $f ) : > -> ( str $x , int $n ) { : > $x ~ ["one, "two", ... , "hundreed"][$n] : > }; : > : > it seems that the last does not work because given take only one argument. : : That's right. But th

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

fearcadi wrote: * do we have have an axcess to the signature of the subroutine if we have been passed only its reference . that is , for exemple , can process( @x , &step ) guess how many arguments &step expects ? I'd expect that Code objects would have a C or C method: &subnam

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

Simon Cozens wrote: Ah, I see. So (x & y) is equivalent to all(x,y) ? Yes. C, C, and C are the n-ary prefix versions of binary infix C<|>, C<&>, C respectively. One might imagine others of this ilk too, perhaps: BinaryN-ary +sum *prod ~

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

Damian Conway wrote: > > ~~ !~ - smartmatch and/or perl5 '=~' (?) > > like unlike- (tentative names) > > Do we *really* need the alphabetic synonyms here? > Me no like! I agree with Damian. C wouldn't've been a bad name for the Perl 5 C<=~> operato

RE: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, fearcadi wrote: : * are stream separators ";" "&" "|" in the "for" loop - operators : in the usual sence ( like "," ) or they are pure grammar ? If ";", probably operator, though behaving a bit differently on the left of -> than on the right, since the right is essentially

RE: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Questions : * are stream separators ";" "&" "|" in the "for" loop - operators in the usual sence ( like "," ) or they are pure grammar ? * is prototype of the subrotine more regexp then expression ? to what extent it is a regexp ? where it is stored , can we

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damian Conway) writes: > Err...that's not what that does. What you wrote creates a scalar value that > superimposes the scalar values C< \@array > and C< 3 >. > > To test if an array is full of 3's you'd write: > all(@array) == 3 Ah, I see. So (x & y) is equivalent to all

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

Simon Cozens wrote: I don't understand this, on several levels. The lowest level on which I don't understand it is that testing whether an array is full of threes: @array & 3 Err...that's not what that does. What you wrote creates a scalar value that superimposes the scalar values C< \@

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 04:10:31PM -0700, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > > Here's try #2. Things that are not true operators or have other > caveats are marked, where known. LMKA. > methods and listops, uncategorized: > > my our > map grep > sqrtlogsin cos

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lazzaro) writes: > & | ! - superpositional > all any one (none?) I don't understand this, on several levels. The lowest level on which I don't understand it is that testing whether an array is full of threes: @array & 3 makes

Re: Perl6 Operator List, Take 2

Excellent (and valuble) work Michael. Thank-you. My turn for a few comments: & | ! - superpositional all any one (none?) Although there certainly are good uses for a C superpositional: push @list, $newval if $newval eq none(@list); print "In range\n"