drop type indicators for typed variables

[David L. Nicol]

> Christian Soeller wrote:
> >
> > The other problem with arrays is: how do we deal with functions that
> > take multiple piddle arguments if they are arrays:
> >
> >    @result = integrate @x, @y, @bounds;
> >
> > Won't those all be clumped into one big input array?




if strongly typed barewords are allowed to represent variables
(like they do in most other languages)

we could have

        my piddle x,y,bounds;

        @result = integrate x,y,bounds

we would know x,y, and bounds are piddles without needing the
marker indicating scalar (they aren't scalars, they're piddles)
or container (@ or %) type.


And then the line noise haters can say

        my SCALAR x;

and they're happy.


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