Re: 'my int( 1..31 ) $var' ?

Attriel wrote: Well, in general I think it would be good to have some mechanism for determining the type of the data rather than the type of a representation of the contained value. Why? One of the nice things about Perl is that coercian takes care of these kind of things so that you don't

Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

John Williams wrote: Do they? One is obviously an array, and one is obviously a scalar. You may get an error (cannot alias an array as a scalar) or $b get aliased to the array-in-scalar-context (a reference). This is one of those how we think about the fundamentals things. I am taking the

Re: This week's Perl Summary

Piers Cawley wrote: * Thanks to everyone who has given me feedback as a result of these summaries. It's really good to know that people finding these things useful. Me too. I find I no longer read the list because I can pick up the few relevant bits from the summary and

Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

At 1:19 PM -0800 1/3/03, Dave Whipp wrote: I am taking the viewpoint that everything is in object. Then you'll likely be somewhat surprised at times. -- Dan --it's like this--- Dan Sugalski

Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Dave Whipp wrote: John Williams wrote: Do they? One is obviously an array, and one is obviously a scalar. You may get an error (cannot alias an array as a scalar) or $b get aliased to the array-in-scalar-context (a reference). This is one of those how we think about

Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Sugalski) writes: I am taking the viewpoint that everything is in object. Then you'll likely be somewhat surprised at times. Can you elucidate? -- Halfjack Ah the joys of festival + Gutenburg project. I can now have Moby Dick read to me by Stephen Hawking.

Re: This week's Perl Summary

Paul Kienzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Piers Cawley wrote: * Thanks to everyone who has given me feedback as a result of these summaries. It's really good to know that people finding these things useful. Me too. I find I no longer read the list because I can pick up

Re: Variable Types Vs Value Types

At 8:43 PM + 1/5/03, Simon Cozens wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Sugalski) writes: I am taking the viewpoint that everything is in object. Then you'll likely be somewhat surprised at times. Can you elucidate? (I admit to be very tempted to answer this Yes and leave it at that... :)