"GB" == Graham Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
GB On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:25:42AM -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:
As Graham pointed out, is an lvalue sub supposed to act like a tie or
like a variable.
GB Both.
GB As Damian points out the lvalue sub must return something that can
GB be used as
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:25:42AM -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:
As Graham pointed out, is an lvalue sub supposed to act like a tie or
like a variable.
Both.
As Damian points out the lvalue sub must return something that can
be used as an lvalue. Normal assignment hen happens.
So the result
On Aug 16, 8:21pm, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
# this is perl6
sub foo :lvalue ($new) {
$variable = $new;
}
A nice idea, but one of the reasons for the original proposal was
to make
$foo-bar = $x;
behave the same as:
$foo-bar($x);
Your proposal provides a neat solution for
At 07:04 PM 8/17/00 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Most of the places I've seen them used really well is if
they walk and talk like other forms:
$cgi-param($var, @val); # traditional
$cgi-param($var) = @val; # lvalue, but same thing
I
I hate to add a "me too" but I think this is right on. I also think that
Nat's proposal and several other discussions overlook some stuff about
lvalue subs. Most of the places I've seen them used really well is if
they walk and talk like other forms:
$cgi-param($var,
[Quoting Graham Barr, on August 17 2000, 18:32, in "Re: RFC 118 (v1) lva"]
if $b happens to be tied and FETCH returns a different value to what
Yes, tie is along the same lines.
-- Johan
