Re: is it required to use type declarations? (was Re: 'hashkey context/Str context')

2002-12-12 Thread Dave Storrs
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 to be

is it required to use type declarations? (was Re: 'hashkey context/Str context')

2002-12-11 Thread Dave Storrs
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 this