On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 02:39:10PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> On 2020-06-08 14:12, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 01:28:34PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
> > wrote:
> > > On 2020-06-08 02:45, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
> > > > Ok Todd, let me have a go
Peter,
I applaud your excellent assistance with Raku. Et. al. (you know the names)...
Outstanding community!
Mark
-Original Message-
From: Peter Pentchev
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 17:13
To: perl6-users@perl.org
Subject: Re: question about the multi in method
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020
On 2020-06-08 14:12, Peter Pentchev wrote:
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 01:28:34PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
On 2020-06-08 02:45, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Ok Todd, let me have a go at this issue.
From what I understand, you see 'multi' and think 'there are more than
one', which
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 01:28:34PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> On 2020-06-08 02:45, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
> > Ok Todd, let me have a go at this issue.
> >
> > From what I understand, you see 'multi' and think 'there are more than
> > one', which leads to the question 'where
On 2020-06-08 08:05, Peter Pentchev wrote:
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 10:45:21AM +0100, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Ok Todd, let me have a go at this issue.
Thank you, Richard, for your help. I apologize to Todd and to everyone
on the list for my outburst in my last e-mail.
G'luck,
Peter
Hi
On 2020-06-08 02:45, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Ok Todd, let me have a go at this issue.
From what I understand, you see 'multi' and think 'there are more than
one', which leads to the question 'where are they?'
My understanding of 'multi' is 'there COULD be more than one', which
leads to
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 10:45:21AM +0100, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
> Ok Todd, let me have a go at this issue.
Thank you, Richard, for your help. I apologize to Todd and to everyone
on the list for my outburst in my last e-mail.
G'luck,
Peter
--
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Ok Todd, let me have a go at this issue.
From what I understand, you see 'multi' and think 'there are more than
one', which leads to the question 'where are they?'
My understanding of 'multi' is 'there COULD be more than one', which
leads to the question 'are there any?'
This is actually a
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:15 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> On 2020-06-08 00:48, Fernando Santagata wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:12 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
> > mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote:
> >
> > On 2020-06-07 22:39, Peter Pentchev wrote:
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 12:12:07AM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> On 2020-06-07 22:39, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > I thought I explained that. The Rakudo developers are*never* finished
> > with the development of some methods. Somebody*will* want to extend
> > them in their own
On 2020-06-08 00:48, Fernando Santagata wrote:
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:12 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote:
On 2020-06-07 22:39, Peter Pentchev wrote:
I addressed this in my original e-mail: the documentation is
currently:
1. a reference manual
Targets
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:12 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> On 2020-06-07 22:39, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > I addressed this in my original e-mail: the documentation is currently:
> > 1. a reference manual
>
> Targets at what audience?
>
I think that that point
On 2020-06-07 22:39, Peter Pentchev wrote:
I thought I explained that. The Rakudo developers are*never* finished
with the development of some methods. Somebody*will* want to extend
them in their own module. The Rakudo developers*want* to declare some
methods as "multi" to allow the Rakudo
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 07:07:29PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> On 2020-06-07 14:20, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 12:28:33PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
> > wrote:
> > > On 2020-06-07 08:19, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at
On 2020-06-07 14:20, Peter Pentchev wrote:
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 12:28:33PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
On 2020-06-07 08:19, Peter Pentchev wrote:
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:04:45AM -0500, Brad Gilbert wrote:
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:15 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 12:20:03AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 12:28:33PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> > On 2020-06-07 08:19, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:04:45AM -0500, Brad Gilbert wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:15 AM
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 12:28:33PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> On 2020-06-07 08:19, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:04:45AM -0500, Brad Gilbert wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:15 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
> > > perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> > >
On 2020-06-07 08:29, Veesh Goldman wrote:
I imagine they called it cool because it, indeed, is cool.
The Raku developers do have a sense of humor. Cool,
needle, slurp, spurt: someone had a good laugh.
:-)
On 2020-06-07 08:19, Peter Pentchev wrote:
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:04:45AM -0500, Brad Gilbert wrote:
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:15 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
Hi All,
Dumb question:
Does the "multi" in "multi method" mean there
is more than one way to
I imagine they called it cool because it, indeed, is cool.
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 18:28 Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 06:19:29PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:04:45AM -0500, Brad Gilbert wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:15 AM ToddAndMargo via
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 06:19:29PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:04:45AM -0500, Brad Gilbert wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:15 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
> > perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Dumb question:
> > >
> > > Does the
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:04:45AM -0500, Brad Gilbert wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:15 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
> perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Dumb question:
> >
> > Does the "multi" in "multi method" mean there
> > is more than one way to address a method?
> >
There are four different types of a function. (both method and sub)
- `multi`
- `proto`
- `only`
- `anon`
A `proto` function is mainly just to declare there will be multiple
functions with same name.
`multi` is short for "multiple", meaning more than one.
`only` is the default, it means there is
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