Larry wrote:
> $z = 0 but true;
> I'm not even particularly upset by this:
> my bool $x = $z; # $x == 1
Yep, that's all I mean. I just want things like:
my bool $lit = ($light eq "on");
if $lit { ... }
to work such that (1) 'bool' always stores the "truth" of the
expression, _never_ the value of the expression, and (2) it does so in
whatever Perl decides is the most compact possible way.
It can resolve to 1 or 0 numeric, "1" or "0" string, so we don't need
"true" and "false" words at all. They're not even terribly useful in
this context.
> But the moment anyone says
> my bool $true = 1;
> if x(1,2,3) == $true {...}
> they're just asking for a world of hurt.
Agreed: the value of comparing a boolean with anything else is not
particularly sensible in *any* language. Anyone who does it deserves
what they get. ;-)
MikeL
