-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 7/29/10 08:15 , Leon Timmermans wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Darren Duncan <dar...@darrenduncan.net> > wrote: >> $foo ~~ $a..$b :QuuxNationality # just affects this one test > > I like that > >> $bar = 'hello' :QuuxNationality # applies anywhere the Str value is used > > What if you compare a QuuxNationality Str with a FooNationality Str? > That should blow up. Also it can lead to action at a distance. I don't > think that's the way to go.
It's half right; the coding set should be part of the type. Explicit conversion is probably a good idea too. - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allb...@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allb...@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxS09sACgkQIn7hlCsL25U69wCdFeqshkDQx24C6QT7Q7XlmF85 zmcAoK7969GXHUwhF9bZ+NPv8xy3qR5m =vFdg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----