On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 06:40:10PM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> > C should return what C currently
> > returns.
>
> Good.
I'll weigh in with a "me too" on this.
> > C should reset the hash iterator, instead of calling
> > C or C
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:56:47 -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>> C should reset the hash iterator, instead of calling
>> C or C as is currently the case.
>
>Sounds good, except the name. reset() already does something.
>Currently, reset() is for clearing large swaths of global variables (a
>dubiou
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:58:05 -0400, John Porter wrote:
> keys %hash = @things;
>
>is defined as being equivalent to
>
> @hash{ @things } = ();
Two more details to think about:
%hash = ( b => 'beta', d => 'delta' );
keys %hash = qw(a b c);
What happens to the values t
Michael G Schwern writes:
> Okay, the example says on thing and the text of the proposal says
> another.
Sorry, I thought you were talking about a different section of code.
I'll resubmit tomorrow.
> So you're proposing that C act like C
> $hash{$_} } sort keys %hash>? I can live with that. Ju
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 10:22:17PM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote:
> Michael G Schwern writes:
> I was expecting those two crufty features to be removed. If they
> aren't, a third won't hurt.
Might want to add this assumption to the RFC. Or perhaps another RFC
to junk reset()'s current meaning.
Michael G Schwern writes:
> > C should reset the hash iterator, instead of calling
> > C or C as is currently the case.
>
> Sounds good, except the name. reset() already does something.
> Currently, reset() is for clearing large swaths of global variables (a
> dubious feature) and for reseting ?
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 06:40:10PM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> C should return what C currently
> returns.
Good.
> C should reset the hash iterator, instead of calling
> C or C as is currently the case.
Sounds good, except the name. reset() already does something.
Currently, reset() i
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:58:05 -0400, John Porter wrote:
> keys %hash = @things;
>
>is defined as being equivalent to
>
> @hash{ @things } = ();
>
>This is to support hash-based set operations in a more
>natural way, i.e.
>
> keys %hash = grep { exists $a{$_} } keys %b;
I have dou
> More direct syntax for hashes
>
> Maintainer: Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 5 Sep 2000
> Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Version: 1
> Number: 196
Nat, I was thinking of writing an RFC on a related issue...
but it could piggy-back on this one (196) if you like the id
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
More direct syntax for hashes
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 5 Sep 2000
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Version: 1
Number: 196
=head1 ABSTRACT
C should re
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