While {*} is only useful in a proto, the compiler detects it no matter
where you write it.
> my $block = {*};
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling:
{*} may only appear in proto
at line 2
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 3:48 PM Fernando Santagata <
nando.santag...@gmail.com>
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 8:10 PM Brad Gilbert wrote:
> {*} is specially handled by the compiler as a term.
>
Thank you!
I guess that handling is peculiar to proto, and maybe it's worth
documenting it.
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Fernando Santagata
{*} is specially handled by the compiler as a term.
Let's say you have a class named Foo:
class Foo {…}
You wouldn't expect to be able to use it like this:
F o o.new()
It is the same thing with {*}.
The only difference is that {*} is meant to look like a Block { } combined
with a
