At least in #perl6 I've never seen anybody try to write an auto-deduced
sequence, and fail because of floating-point errors.
Except for Martin's 1, sqrt(2), 2...8
But, yes, the widespread use of Rats rather than Nums
means only the edgiest of edge-cases fails. And as you get
an explicit
Branch: refs/heads/master
Home: https://github.com/perl6/specs
Commit: e338a6f414dd080d11fe82e4968779b92df1130b
https://github.com/perl6/specs/commit/e338a6f414dd080d11fe82e4968779b92df1130b
Author: Felix Herrmann fe...@herrmann-koenigsberg.de
Date: 2012-03-25 (Sun, 25 Mar
On 03/25/2012 06:55 AM, Moritz Lenz wrote:
I don't know if the majority of the perl6-language posters have realized
it yet, but both Perl 6 and the its implementations are quite mature
these days. Mature enough that such proposals should be prototyped as
modules, and thoroughly tested on lots
I also like agreement, conformance... In a situation like this, I
reach for a thesaurus- very useful when looking for just the right
name for a variable/method name/way to describe a concept. Here's a
grab bag to start with:
accord, agree, conformance, conformation, conformity, congruence,
yary suggested:
In a situation like this, I reach for a thesaurus
The standout from that list for me is: 'consonance'.
Second favorite is: 'gibe' or 'jibe'.
But the underlying operation is .ACCEPTS(),
so perhaps the operation should be referred to
as acceptance or acceptibility.
Damian
