chromatic skribis 2005-10-07 12:50 (-0700): > > > > my Array $a = 97; # dies eventually, but when? > > > Runtime -- cannot coerce Int value to Array > > It is fully determinable at compile time. 97 will never be compatible > > with Array, so I see no reason to wait. > If I added a multisub for Array assignment so that assigning an integer > value set the length of the array, would 97 be compatible with Array?
If that is actually possible: good point. > > Do remember that some programs run for weeks or months, rather than a > > few seconds. It's nice to get all the certain failures during compile > > time. > How about in unreachable code (which I do actually believe compilers can > detect some of the time)? I'm quite ambivalent about this. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html
