> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:59 AM, ToddAndMargo
<toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Yes, I know, Perl is "lexiconical".
>>
>> $ perl6 -e 'my $x="abc"; $x=1E23; print "$x\n";'
>> 1e+23
>>
>> $ perl6 -e 'my Str $x="abc"; $x=1E23; print "$x\n";'
>> Type check failed in assignment to $x; expected Str
>> but got Num (1e+23) in block <unit> at -e line 1
>>
>> So, unless I specifically declare a variable as a
>> particular type, I can change its "type" on the fly.
>> Is that correct?
On 03/21/2017 11:07 PM, Brad Gilbert wrote:
The default type constraint is Mu, with a default of Any (everything
is of type Mu, and most are of type Any)
You shouldn't be able to change the type constraint of a scalar
container (used for rw variables)
Changing the type of a value, of course makes no sense. (a Str is
always a Str, even when you use it as a number)
Basically no you can't change the type, but you didn't do that anyway.
Hi Brad,
That is explains it:
$ perl6 -e 'my Mu $x="abc"; $x=1E23; print "$x\n";'
1e+23
Thank you!
-T
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