RE: A modest question
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 16:24, Jonathan Lang wrote: In this example, there's no difference between the Dog and Tree roles; however, this would almost certainly not be the case most of the time - at the very least, a class with a Dog role would have @.legs, while a class with the Tree role would have @.branches. However, if all that happens when you specify a demand for the Dog role in a signature is that the object must meet Dog's demands, then both crossPerson and Trog will be accepted. I would consider that a mistake. All that doing a role should imply is that somehow, that class understands the syntax *and* semantics of the methods of that role. Introspection can't reliably reveal whether $some_object.bark accesses a property (noun) or a method (verb). It's true that looking for @.legs versus @.branches could get you closer, but I'm not sure that it's been decided whether methods of a role should blissfully ignore all of the object's state. Besides, in a delegation situation, there could easily be some sort of magic that handles those attributes that the introspection mechanism might miss. -- c
Re: Archive tarball?
Luke Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: michael.firestone writes: Is there somewhere I can get the entire perl6-language archive in a tarball? I personally don't know, but there could be somewhere. I am trying to work on turning the Apocalypses into story cards at http://p6stories.kwiki.org. It would be helpful to me if I could search the mailing list archives to make sure I incorporate any decisions made after each Apocalypse was written. As there is no search engine at this moment ( that is not a whine or a complaint, merely a statement ), the next best thing for me would be a tarball I could grep. Well, most of the decisions you'll find in the official documents: the apocalypses, exegeses, and synopses. perl6-language has a lot of brainstorming, and a lot of Larry saying something interesting in the form of maybe ..., but those could hardly be considered decisions. If worse comes to worst, you can always ask me. I manage to keep the largest amount of the language in my head with the most time available to answer questions :-) Oh, and thanks for the p6stories work. Of course the beauty of a Wiki is that you can just watch the RecentChanges page, proof read the new stories for up to date syntax and correct 'em as necessary. -- Beware the Perl 6 early morning joggers -- Allison Randal
Properties for builtin types?
Is there a list of the properties for the builtin types? My searches through the archives leads me to believe there is no such beast. Is there any consensus on what some of the properties will be? I am not looking for a complete or authoritative list. I am just trying to finish off a section of the wiki and maybe write some test cases. Thanks, Mik PS - If this hits the list 4 times, it is my mail server not me. No. Really. --- Mik Firestone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marriage is what happens when blackmail is no longer effective -- Victoria Balloon ( my wife )
