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11:06 < sirrobert> r: my @arr; @arr.push(%(a => 1, b => 2)); say @arr.perl;
11:06 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Array.new("a" => 1, "b" => 2)»
11:06 < sirrobert> I expected that to give me an array with one element
that was a hash
11:06 < sirrobert> what did I do wrong?
11:07 < sirrobert> or maybe: how should I think about that?
11:07 < masak> push expects a list of things. if it finds a hash, it
listifies the hash.
11:07 < sirrobert> ok, how do I get it not to listify things?
11:08 < sirrobert> if I want an array of hashes
11:08 < masak> r: my @a; @a.push({ a => 1, b => 2}); say @a.perl
11:08 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Array.new({"a" => 1, "b" => 2})»
11:08 < sirrobert> ok
11:08 < sirrobert> so what I really have is:
11:09 < sirrobert> r: my @a; @a.push(%((1,2,3) Z=> (<a b c>))); say @a.perl;
11:09 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Array.new("1" => "a", "2" => "b", "3"
=> "c")»
11:09 < sirrobert> is the "right" solution here to create the hash
separately? but it
still gets expanded...
11:09 < sirrobert> I think
11:09 < masak> yeah.
11:09 < masak> r: my @a; my %h = (1,2,3) Z=> (<a b c>); @a.push(%h); say
@a.perl
11:09 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Array.new("1" => "a", "2" => "b", "3"
=> "c")»
11:09 < masak> indeed.
11:09 < masak> r: my @a; my %h = (1,2,3) Z=> (<a b c>); @a.push({%h}); say
@a.perl
11:10 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Array.new({"1" => "a", "2" => "b",
"3" => "c"})»
11:10 < sirrobert> ohh.. weird
11:10 < sirrobert> ok, I can live with that =)
11:11 < pmichaud> r: my @a; @a.push({ (1,2,3) Z <a b c> }); say @a.perl
11:11 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Array.new(Block.new())»
11:11 < moritz> sirrobert: what's weird about it?
11:11 < sirrobert> the {%} seems redundant
11:11 < moritz> well, the {} makes an hash-in-an-item
11:11 < sirrobert> moritz: a workaround for the listification magic of push
11:11 < moritz> you can also say %h.item
11:12 < sirrobert> ok, that's a good paradigm for me to adopt for it
11:12 < sirrobert> I didn't previously have a concept of 'item'
11:13 < sirrobert> huh... push({%...}) interprets it as a hash but push:
{%...} interprets
it as a block
11:14 < moritz> that's weird
11:14 < sirrobert> verifying now ...
11:14 < moritz> r: my @h; @h.push: {%*ENV}; say @h[0].WHAT
11:14 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Block()»
11:15 < moritz> r: my @h; @h.push({%*ENV}); say @h[0].WHAT
11:15 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Block()»
11:15 < moritz> sirrobert: seems to be a block either way :(
11:15 < moritz> r: my %a; my @h; @h.push({%a}); say @h[0].WHAT
11:15 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Hash()»
11:15 < moritz> r: my %a; my @h; @h.push: {%a}; say @h[0].WHAT
11:15 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Hash()»
11:15 < moritz> erm, what?
11:15 < sirrobert> moritz: erm, indeed =)
11:16 < moritz> %*ENV makes it a block, %a a hash?
11:16 * moritz smeells a rakudobug
11:18 < sirrobert> r: my $h = {%(<a b>) Z=> (1,2)}; say $h.WHAT;
11:18 <+p6eval> rakudo 097361: OUTPUT«Block()»
11:19 < masak> moritz: that feels buggish, yes.
11:19 < masak> moritz: care to report it?
11:19 < sirrobert> sure
11:19 < sirrobert> if I copy/paste this discussion is that enough? I don't
quite know how
to describe it.
11:19 < moritz> yes, it's enough
11:19 < sirrobert> ok, one sec
