On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 09:36:24PM +0100, Juerd wrote:
> Larry Wall skribis 2005-03-12 12:26 (-0800):
> > And arguably, the current structure of join is that the delimiter is
> > the invocant, so cat should be defined as
> > ''.join(@foo)
>
> This is what Python does. It does not make any sense to me, and I can't
> wrap my mind around it at all. Ruby-ish @foo.join('') seems more
> natural.
>
> Just like with how I prefer $fh.print($text) to $text.print($fh), I
> cannot explain WHY this is how my mind works.
I'm with you. In my opinion, it is weird to call a method against a
constant value; values aren't supposed to do things, they are supposed
to have things done to /them/. For similar reasons, it is only
slightly less weird to call a method on a variable when that variable
is simply a container for a constant value.
A variable that contains an object or "interface element" (e.g. a
filehandle), I can understand calling methods against that.
Ob flame retardant: I'm not saying that my opinion is necessarily
right, or the other way isn't valid. Just offering a thought on why
Juerd might have this feeling.
--Dks
