[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> -C<< infix:<where> >>, sequential junctional and operator
> +C<< infix:<also> >>, sequential junctional and operator
>
> - EXPR where EXPR where EXPR ...
> + EXPR also EXPR also EXPR ...
>
> Can be used to construct ANDed patterns with the same semantics as
> C<< infix:<&> >>, but with left-to-right evaluation guaranteed, for use
> in guarded patterns:
>
> - $target ~~ MyType where .mytest1 where .mytest2
> + $target ~~ MyType also .mytest1 also .mytest2
>
> This is useful when later tests might throw exceptions if earlier
> tests don't pass. This cannot be guaranteed by:
All this, just to get the exceptions in the right order?
Or is it supposed to be short-circuiting, too? :-)
Okay, I actually don't recall how junctions + exceptions work, but
wouldn't it be nice if the docs for C<also> told us explicitly what
this example is supposed to achieve, and some idea of how?
Eirik, sideline sniper
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