Attribution lists are getting a bit complex. This is in response to what Piers wrote
on Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 03:50:44PM +.
DKS
> > [specifying types]
> > Hm. I'm way short on sleep today, so I'm probably missing something,
> > but I don't see why Perl can't sort this out without a specific
Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:31:41AM +, Piers Cawley wrote:
>> Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > It seems like Perl6 is moving farther and farther away from Perl5's
>> > (almost) typelessness.
>>
>> It depends what you mean by typed. Perl h
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:31:41AM +, Piers Cawley wrote:
> Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > It seems like Perl6 is moving farther and farther away from Perl5's
> > (almost) typelessness.
>
> It depends what you mean by typed. Perl has always had strongly typed
> *values* (which s
Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 03:58:54PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
>> > From: Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > My understanding was that in Perl6, you could use pretty much anything
>> > for a hashkey--string, number, object, whatever, and that it did not
>>
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:13:49PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
> [Dks wrote:]
> > So...are we intending that types and type safety will be like 'use
> > strict' (optional and only on request), or will they be like sigils
> > (mandatory, can't be turned off)? Or, perhaps, on by default but able
> >
> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:04:46 -0800
> From: Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 03:58:54PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
> > > From: Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > My understanding was that in Perl6, you could use pretty much anything
> > > for a hashkey--string, num
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 03:58:54PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
> > From: Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > My understanding was that in Perl6, you could use pretty much anything
> > for a hashkey--string, number, object, whatever, and that it did not
> > get mashed down into a string. Did I have t
