Is now a good time to ask if we still want to use the sprintf slang in perl 6?
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Jonathan Worthington <jonat...@jnthn.net>wrote: > On 1/8/2013 22:38, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > >> I wonder what it would take to write a version of sprintf in Perl 6 or >> NQP directly, ignoring all speed aspects for the time being. Then we'd at >> least have something portable, provably correct, easily modified, and that >> could be used as a reference implementation. It also might give some >> pointers on what can be done to ultimately deal with speed issues. >> > This is my preference, for what it's worth. It would also fix the sprintf > of big integer issues we currently have, and be a win for porting. > > /jnthn > > -- Will "Coke" Coleda
