Re: Rebinding can change type? [was: Static Values and Variable Bindings]

2001-11-07 Thread Larry Wall
Ken Fox writes: : Garrett Goebel wrote: : Just does compile-time typing for $foo? Not inlining the constant? : : You can't assume that the value associated with the symbol is : the same each time through the code, so how can it be inlined? : : I was thinking lowercase typed variables couldn't

Rebinding can change type? [was: Static Values and Variable Bindings]

2001-11-02 Thread Ken Fox
Garrett Goebel wrote: Just does compile-time typing for $foo? Not inlining the constant? You can't assume that the value associated with the symbol is the same each time through the code, so how can it be inlined? I was thinking lowercase typed variables couldn't be rebound, because they