Re: CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Johan Vromans
Hi Juerd, [Quoting Juerd, on February 5 2005, 16:57, in "CLI signature?"] > signature ( > Rule $pattern, > bool +$help:short('h'), > Int +$verbose :short('v'), > Str [EMAIL PROTECTED] = <-> > );

Re: CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Juerd
Ingo Blechschmidt skribis 2005-02-05 18:52 (+0100): > signature(...) looks like a function/sub call, while it isn't one > really. Macros can do this to a language :) macro signature is parsed /;/ { ... } > Maybe it should be possible to create Signature objects without > creating a sub That

Re: CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Ingo Blechschmidt
Hi, Juerd wrote: > Ingo Blechschmidt skribis 2005-02-05 17:19 (+0100): >> ...this seems a bit ugly to me. > > The "signature" part, or the signature itself? Because you'll > encounter lists like this all over Perl 6 code anyway... I refered to the way the signature is specified, not the signatur

Re: CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Juerd
Ingo Blechschmidt skribis 2005-02-05 17:19 (+0100): > ...this seems a bit ugly to me. The "signature" part, or the signature itself? Because you'll encounter lists like this all over Perl 6 code anyway... > What do you say about that: > use Getopt::Auto; > run &main; > sub main ( >Rule $pa

Re: CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Juerd
Matthew Walton skribis 2005-02-05 16:20 (+): > Would this actually be any better than the interface provided by > Getopt::Long? I'm not sure if it's *better*. I personally find it easier to read and much easier to remember. It would reduce the number of mini languages needed. Passing argumen

Re: CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Ingo Blechschmidt
Hi, Juerd wrote: > This probably goes against everything a shell based platform wants, > but would it be possible to give the program a sub-like signature? I like that idea very much, but... > signature ( > Rule $pattern, > bool +$help:short('h'), > Int +$verbos

Re: CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Matthew Walton
Juerd wrote: This probably goes against everything a shell based platform wants, but would it be possible to give the program a sub-like signature? I ask this after another painful session of forgetting how things work, reading Getopt::Long's documentation. signature ( Rule $pattern,

CLI signature?

2005-02-05 Thread Juerd
This probably goes against everything a shell based platform wants, but would it be possible to give the program a sub-like signature? I ask this after another painful session of forgetting how things work, reading Getopt::Long's documentation. signature ( Rule $pattern, bool