RE: Opcode complaints

2001-10-28 Thread Brent Dax
Brent Dax: # 1. No if(s|sc, i|ic) # We're treating strings as second-class citizens here. Why # shouldn't you # be able to do an 'if' on a string? You could interpret it as the # string's length, or the string's length && string ne "0". # # 2. No unless # 'unless' is often more useful than 'if'.

RE: Opcode complaints

2001-10-28 Thread Brent Dax
Tom Hughes: # In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # "Brent Dax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: # # > 4. eq and friends: string variants # > One thing that seems to be missing is string and numeric # variants on the # > comparison ops. While this isn't a problem now, it may be # once we get # > P

Re: Opcode complaints

2001-10-28 Thread Tom Hughes
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Brent Dax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4. eq and friends: string variants > One thing that seems to be missing is string and numeric variants on the > comparison ops. While this isn't a problem now, it may be once we get > PMCs. Both string and numeric