>>>>> "SC" == Steve Canfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SC> Would it be accurate to say that "is" sets properties of variables,
SC> whereas "but" sets properties of values? If so, what would this output:
SC> my $var is true;
that is not a variable property so it should be a compile time error.
SC> $var=0;
SC> if ($var) {print "true"}
SC> else {print "false"}
SC> I would expect it to output "false".
it won't even compile so i don't expect output. :)
this wasn't clear enough when it was discuss. you can't set data
properties on a variable and vice versa. 'is' sets variable props and
'but' sets data props. runtime stuff will usually check data props
(maybe readonly which is a variable prop would be checked then
too). compile time stuff will deal with variable props.
OO will be a different story as all the my Dog $spot threads have
shown. until that apocalypse i won't venture how OO will deal with props.
uri
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