Moritz Lenz wrote in perl.perl6.compiler :
> jerry gay wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:43, via RT Moritz Lenz
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>> From #perl6 today:
>>>
>>> 19:33 < moritz_> rakudo: my $x = [ 42 ]; say $x<0>
>>> 19:33 < p6eval> rakudo 32984: OUTPUT[42]
>>>
>>> I don't think that should be allowed.
>>>
>> the real test is:
>>
>> (8:52:47 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = [42]; say $x<0_but_true>;
>> (8:52:49 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42]
>> (8:53:38 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = [42]; say $x<true_but_0>;
>> (8:53:40 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42]
>> (8:53:50 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = [42]; say $x<XXX>;
>> (8:53:52 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42]
>> (8:54:37 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = ['a', 42]; say $x<XXX>;
>> (8:54:39 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[a]
>> (8:58:41 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = ['a', 42]; say $x<1.4>;
>> (8:58:44 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[42]
>> (8:58:48 PM) [particle]1: rakudo: my $x = ['a', 42]; say $x<0.4>;
>> (8:58:50 PM) p6eval: rakudo 32998: OUTPUT[a]
>>
>> so, the index is coerced to an integer. is that really wrong?
>> ~jerry
>
> IMHO yes, because Perl explicitly distinguishes between arrays and
> hashes (and it's one of the things we never regretted, I think ;-). Any
> intermixing between the two would only lead to confusion, especially if
> somebody writes a class whose objects are both hashe and array.
Yes, that leads to confusion. (And confusion leads to anger, and so on)
Which is why we removed pseudo-hashes from Perl 5.10.
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