Yuval Kogman skribis 2005-10-07 12:53 (+0200):
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 12:42:01 +0200, Juerd wrote:
> > For my Int $c = $float, though, I'd want coercion.
> > And I think it is wrong to have such a huge difference between literals
> > and values: if a variable coerces, a literal has to do so too.
> How do you tell the compiler "this must never be a float, ever"?
By cramming it into a variable that cannot hold a float.
I think there should be some syntax to disable coercion, but that
coercion must be the default behavior.
A simple operator that can be placed flexibily would certainly help.
I'll demonstrate with (!), although that's probably not the right glyph:
sub foo (Int $foo); # coerce, possibly lossily
sub foo (Int(!) $foo); # coerce, but only if possible without loss
my Int(!) $foo = $bar;
my Int $foo = (!)$bar;
sub bar (Int $foo); bar((!)$float);
Unintentionally, the (!) is always left of the sigil. I like that, even
though whitespace-wise I see it as two different things.
Maybe the default should be configurable, allowing lossy coercion being
the default default, and (?) can be used to override a current default
of disallowing lossy coercion.
Juerd
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