jerry gay wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:43, via RT Moritz Lenz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> # New Ticket Created by Moritz Lenz >> # Please include the string: [perl #60732] >> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. >> # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=60732 > >> >> >> From #perl6 today: >> >> 19:33 < moritz_> rakudo: my $x = [ 42 ]; say $x<0> >> 19:33 < p6eval> rakudo 32984: OUTPUT[42] >> >> I don't think that should be allowed. >> > the real test is: > > (8:52:47 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = [42]; say $x<0_but_true>; > (8:52:49 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42] > (8:53:38 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = [42]; say $x<true_but_0>; > (8:53:40 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42] > (8:53:50 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = [42]; say $x<XXX>; > (8:53:52 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42] > (8:54:37 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = ['a', 42]; say $x<XXX>; > (8:54:39 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[a] > (8:58:41 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = ['a', 42]; say $x<1.4>; > (8:58:44 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42] > (8:58:48 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = ['a', 42]; say $x<0.4>; > (8:58:50 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[a] > > so, the index is coerced to an integer. is that really wrong? > ~jerry
IMHO yes, because Perl explicitly distinguishes between arrays and hashes (and it's one of the things we never regretted, I think ;-). Any intermixing between the two would only lead to confusion, especially if somebody writes a class whose objects are both hashe and array. But that's just my two cents, CC'ing p6l for clarification. Moritz
