On 9/25/05, Luke Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/25/05, Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > We can do better than equivalence testing for colors. Instead, try to
> > match. Surely a *smart* match operator really is smart?
> >
> > $color ~~ '#FF00FF'
> > ==
> > $color ~~ 'magenta'
> > ==
> > $color ~~ [ 255, 0, 255 ]
>
> Hmm. That violates my proposal that the right side is the thing that
> determines how the left side is matched. So there's something wrong
> with one of the two...
>
> If we keep my proposal, then we get:
>
> $color ~~ color('#FF00FF')
> $color ~~ color('magenta')
Interesting proposal. Is there any motivation for people not to simply
flip the argument-order to take advantage of the right-wise
determinism? Or is that actually a benefit?
'#F0F' ~~ $color ?? 'yes' !! 'no';
Ashley Winters
