Re: A6: objects and/or types (was: P6FC)

2003-03-16 Thread chromatic
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:46:31 +, Larry Wall wrote: If you say $foo.isa(Even) it doesn't just check to see if $foo is a member of class Int, but it also checks the constraints on type Even, and returns false unless $foo is an even integer. We could still call Even a class if we

A6: objects and/or types (was: P6FC)

2003-03-14 Thread Aldo Calpini
Simon Cozens wrote: ...and I don't know if macros are actually objects and can be tossed around, or if they're just part of the compilation process. they have their proper place in the diagram Larry put in A6. furthermore, he says: These syntactic forms correspond the various Routine types in

Re: A6: objects and/or types (was: P6FC)

2003-03-14 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 05:21:46PM +0100, Aldo Calpini wrote: : Simon Cozens wrote: : ...and I don't know if macros are actually objects and can be tossed : around, or if they're just part of the compilation process. : : they have their proper place in the diagram Larry put in A6. :