On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 01:22:18PM +0200, Gabor Szabo wrote: : On 3/25/06, Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 12:58:30PM +0200, Gabor Szabo wrote: : > > 4) "filename".chmod(MODE) should also work and I guess : > > <file1 file2 file3>.chmod(MODE) should also work on those 3 files : > : > That seems to be implying a chmod method on all strings, and all lists. : > Assuming chmod doesn't get special favours, how many methods would it need : > to implement all the existing builtins like this? : : Not that I understand the problem here but "filename".slurp seems to work. : Did it get special favour?
I suspect that can work simply by failing-over from SMD to MMD. On the original question, I see it more as a junctional issue. Assuming we have only chmod($,$), this sould autothread: unless chmod MODE, all(@files) -> $oops { ???; profit(); } Larry