Re: int and Str in sub declaration question

For the sake of readability you might want use a subset: https://docs.raku.org/language/typesystem#subset On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 at 08:13, WFB wrote: > Hi, Todd, > > If I understand your question right, then you mean something like that: > > sub do-soemthing($value where { .WHAT ~~ Str || .WHAT ~~

Re: int and Str in sub declaration question

Hi, Todd, If I understand your question right, then you mean something like that: sub do-soemthing($value where { .WHAT ~~ Str || .WHAT ~~ Int }) {} https://docs.raku.org/type/Signature#index-entry-where_clause Regards On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 at 03:58, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <

Re: type?

Hi Todd, dd or .WHAT will give you that information. dd $i; say $i.WHAT; Greetings On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 at 03:58, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users < perl6-users@perl.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a way to ask a variable what "type" it is? > > Many thanks, > -T >

Re: LocalFree?

Which is what I told you twice as an answer to your question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59630605/does-rakus-nativecall-run-localfree. Also, documentation: https://docs.raku.org/language/nativecall#index-entry-nativecall "Call into dynamic libraries that follow the C calling convention"

Re: LocalFree?

On 2020-01-08 22:03, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 2020-01-08 21:05, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Does Raku's NativeCall run WinAPI's "LocalFree( )" after it creates buffers? Or do I need to do it myself?

Re: LocalFree?

On 2020-01-08 21:05, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Does Raku's NativeCall run WinAPI's "LocalFree( )" after it creates buffers? Or do I need to do it myself? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-localfree Many thanks, -T I am doing it

Re: What is aLPCVOID, LPTSTR and a va_list *Arguments?

On 2019-12-30 00:28, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, In the following C code DWORD FormatMessageW( DWORD   dwFlags, LPCVOID lpSource, DWORD   dwMessageId, DWORD   dwLanguageId, LPTSTR  lpBuffer, DWORD   nSize,

Re: My Windows Modules

Hi All, I have RegSetValueExW working now. It even creates keys when they don't exist. I have to catch up on other project for customers (and refill the coffers) that have been put on hold to get these modules programmed, so it will be at least a month away before I can get them up on GIT or

LocalFree?

Hi All, Does Raku's NativeCall run WinAPI's "LocalFree( )" after it creates buffers? Or do I need to do it myself? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-localfree Many thanks, -T

type?

Hi All, Is there a way to ask a variable what "type" it is? Many thanks, -T

int and Str in sub declaration question

Hi All, In a sub declaration, is there a way to constrain a variable to only an "int32" or a "Str" (I want both)? Or do I have to put up with the other types of "Any"? Many thanks, -T

OT: REPL, now 1002 uses!

Hi All, I have been writing a technical specification for a customer. I had to do a bunch of conversions from hex to decimal and minutes to seconds. I have a calculator for this, but I had REPL open so I tried it and it easier to use! 70 minutes x 60 seconds in hex: > say (60 * 70).base(16)

Re: How do I convert integer to cardinal on the fly?

On 2020-01-07 08:20, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 2020-01-06 22:54, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, What am I doing wrong here?  > my int16 $x = 0xABCD; -21555  > say $x.base(16); -5433  > my uint16 $y = $x.uint16; No such method 'uint16' for invocant of type 'Int'