Thank you for the clarification! On Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 05:54 Brad Gilbert <b2gi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The [+] works because of an optimization. > > If you use the core &infix:<+> it instead calls the .sum() method. > > Since CArray has a sum method, that gets called instead. > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 4:28 AM Fernando Santagata > <nando.santag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I was hunting for a bug in my code, this one: > > > > my @a := CArray[int32].new: 6,3; > > say [+] @a; # it should be "say [+] @a.list;" > > > > That statement prints "9", while changing the '+' with a '*' it > generates an error, as it should: > > > > Cannot resolve caller Numeric(NativeCall::Types::CArray[int32]: ); none > of these signatures match: > > (Mu:U \v: *%_) > > > > Is this a bug, an inconsistency, or a necessary evil? > > > > -- > > Fernando Santagata >
