I think "defined" should be altered so that it only looks like a function,
but in effect alters the tests being made by the thing that is looking at it.
if (defined $x){ # slower than if ($x){ # or if($x or defined($x))
could be made faster by propagating the "defined" question up the
On 15 Feb 2001, at 20:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:31:34AM -0300, Branden wrote:
> > With Perl 6, it will (probably) be possible to have values with boolean
> > value independent of integer or string values, so that it will be possible
> > to have a value that when vi
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 08:52:01PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You mean the beaten-to-death ??, formely known as |||, operator?
>
> It has torn p5p to shreds repeatedly.
Could be worse, could be url open().
duck && cover;
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:31:34AM -0300, Branden wrote:
> With Perl 6, it will (probably) be possible to have values with boolean
> value independent of integer or string values, so that it will be possible
> to have a value that when viewed as string or number will be "" or 0, but
> will evaluat
Branden wrote:
>
> I think this should be applied to the `defined' function,
Oh, no, here we go again. Branden, why do you insist on dredging
up every contentious issue which has already been beaten to death?
Maybe you need to read the archives first.
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John Porter
You can't keep Perl6 Pe
With Perl 6, it will (probably) be possible to have values with boolean
value independent of integer or string values, so that it will be possible
to have a value that when viewed as string or number will be "" or 0, but
will evaluate as true in a condition.
I think this should be applied to the
