Attribution lists are getting a bit complex. This is in response to what Piers wrote on Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 03:50:44PM +0000.
DKS > > [specifying types] > > Hm. I'm way short on sleep today, so I'm probably missing something, > > but I don't see why Perl can't sort this out without a specific > > typing. PC > Well, you've got to specify the types *somewhere* when you set up > your multimethods. The parameter list seems a better place than most. Ah! Ok, yes, I missed something. I thought you were saying that we would need to type the variables not just in the signature, but in every call to the function/method as well...and that second part is what I was objecting to. No, of course you need to mark the types in the signature. --Dks
