On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 20:20 ToddAndMargo via perl6-users < perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> On 2020-01-29 10:28, Trey Harris wrote: > > B is not a subset of A. That is the relationship of uint and int—two > > distinct types whose values happen to overlap in a way that describes a > > subset. Perl isn’t Prolog; a logical relationship between two types is > > not a first-class entity of the language. > > > > > > > > I know, I am slicing the baloney thin here, but uint is > > not a static C variable. It can change into an int with > > the position of the moon. > > > > > > I’m STILL waiting for you to show me ONE example of a `uint` turning > > into `int`. Not `Int`, via auto-boxing, `int`, via who-knows-what. > > Either do that, or stop making the assertion it does that; if you don’t > > show a reproducible example, I am going to conclude you are lying if you > > persist. > > $ p6 'my uint8 $u; say $u.^name;' > Int > I’m done. I haven’t killfiled anyone in over twenty years. Congratulations, you’re the first this century.
