On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 01:41:41PM -0700, Darren Duncan wrote:
: Some people may confuse it with a Range, but I don't think so since a
: Range progresses in discrete increments, while an Interval would be
: continuous.
No, Range objects in Perl 6 are defined to be intervals unless used
in a context that implies discrete increments, such as counting in
list context. But if you say
$x ~~ 1.2 ..^ 3.4
it is exactly equivalent to
1.2 <= $x < 3.4
The main point of context is to avoid an explosion of types.
Larry
