On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 21:45, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote:
> Perhaps not as happy as you think:
>
> my $foo = '0';
> my String $bar = '0';
> if $foo { say 'foo true' }
> if $bar { say 'bar true' }
>
> Would print 'bar true', but not 'foo true'.
Frankly, I love it. Since I plan on using explicit typing a lot, I can
just assume '0' is true in my code. However, machine-converted Perl5
code will also work reliably, easing the transition from 5 to 6.
The only catch that I see is that it's pretty weird to change your
program's behavior simply by changing an untyped variable to a
String... That might have to go in a FAQ. :)
- Scott
