Re: RFC 238 (v1) length(@ary) deserves a warning
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 10:26:48 +0100, Hildo Biersma wrote: length(@ary) deserves a warning Right now, the Lint back-end gives a warning in these cases (use of array in scalar context). Can we make the RFC more generic, and propose to move the Lint warnings into the core? But using arrays in a scalar context usually isn't an error. -- Bart.
Re: RFC 238 (v1) length(@ary) deserves a warning
Michael G Schwern wrote:
I'm surprised there hasn't be a good overhaul of the prototyping
system proposeed yet. Your length() propsal wouldn't be the only
think that can't be prototyped. print() is the simplest example.
I think print should probably become something like what Eryq suggested:
CORE::print { $main::DEFOUT-print(@_) }
With the function-style:
print($FILE @data);
being handled by a more general mechanism to coerce it into:
print $FILE (@data);
like the one in RFC 174 (v2 due out today, hopefully).
-Nate
Re: RFC 238 (v1) length(@ary) deserves a warning
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:19:08 +0100, Hildo Biersma wrote: But using arrays in a scalar context usually isn't an error. So, we make the warnings smarter and make sure they can be turned off... And distinguish between simply an array in scalar context, and an array used as an argument for length()? In that case, we're back to square one. I wouldn't mind a option in the core (or in a standard module) for "extra picky warnings", though: much stricter than the current warnings in Perl5. -- Bart.
Re: RFC 238 (v1) length(@ary) deserves a warning
On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 04:21:15PM +1100, Damian Conway wrote: I'm surprised there hasn't be a good overhaul of the prototyping system proposeed yet. What exactly didn't you like about RFC 128??? Ummm... the fact that its title doesn't match /proto/. My bad. Okay, its a proposal to overhaul prototyping, cool. But I don't see anything to allow Clength $string and Clength @array live together. Its a big RFC, I probably missed it. -- Michael G Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just Another Stupid Consultant Perl6 Kwalitee Ashuranse Cheating is often more efficient. - Seven of Nine
