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Re: L2R/R2L syntax (was Re: Everything is an object.)

> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:42:27 -0800 > From: Michael Lazzaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Honestly, I still don't see what's so evil about R2L as: > > @out = sort given map {...} given grep {...} given @a; > > It seems to solve all the issues with not needing parens, not requiring > {...} to

Re: Everything is an object.

At 10:04 AM -0800 12/19/02, Michael Lazzaro wrote: On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 07:55 AM, David Storrs wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:54:52AM -0800, Michael Lazzaro wrote: We _must_ (for some value of "must" that is real close to being a 100% drop-dead requirement) support --> (L2R), i

L2R/R2L syntax (was Re: Everything is an object.)

On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 08:35 AM, Brent Dax wrote: # >@a.grep( {...} ) # >.map( {...} ) # > .sort; If we put in my idea of "longest possible signature" when there's no parens and a low-precedence 'dot' operator, we could do this without the parens. *ducks* :-)

RE: Everything is an object.

Michael Lazzaro: # On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 08:35 AM, Brent Dax wrote: # > Eww. Indir object is like this: # > # > @out = sort map grep @a: {grepblock} {mapblock}; # > #I'm not sure you can actually leave out the # > # parens--it might be ambiguous. # # I actually thought t

Re: Everything is an object.

On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 08:35 AM, Brent Dax wrote: Eww. Indir object is like this: @out = sort map grep @a: {grepblock} {mapblock}; #I'm not sure you can actually leave out the # parens--it might be ambiguous. I actually thought the indirect object syntax would be... umm...

Re: Everything is an object.

On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 07:55 AM, David Storrs wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:54:52AM -0800, Michael Lazzaro wrote: We _must_ (for some value of "must" that is real close to being a 100% drop-dead requirement) support --> (L2R), in the form of @a.grep( {...} ) .map( {...

RE: Everything is an object.

David Storrs: # I don't care about the syntax at all, I just made up # something that seemed moderately clear to me. In point of # fact, I hope we DON'T use the above syntax, or anything else # where you are required to have an operator between each # element of the pipeline. How else would y

Re: Everything is an object.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Scott Duff) writes: > I was under the impression that the distinction between array and list > was going away in perl 6. @a is an array; *@a is a list. -- "In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current." -- Thomas Jefferson

Re: Everything is an object.

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 08:03:14AM -0800, David Storrs wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 02:51:04PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > > At 9:54 AM -0800 12/17/02, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > > >We _must_ (for some value of "must" that is real close to being a > > >100% drop-dead requirement) support --> (L

Re: Everything is an object.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 02:51:04PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 9:54 AM -0800 12/17/02, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > >We _must_ (for some value of "must" that is real close to being a > >100% drop-dead requirement) support --> (L2R), in the form of > > > > @a.grep( {...} ) > > .map( {...} )

Re: Everything is an object.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:54:52AM -0800, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > Umm... I think some of these recent messages have had typos between L2R > and R2L. (?) In that people seem to have been arguing against > themselves. (??) I'll try using --> and <--. Just to make sure I'm not one of those peop

Re: Everything is an object.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:49:42AM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 5:45 PM -0800 12/16/02, Dave Storrs wrote: > >Just so I'm clear, are you saying that you think L2R is a bad idea, > >and should not be supported? Or just that it has not yet been > >demonstrated that this is a good idea? > > I th

Re: Everything is an object.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:54:12AM +, Simon Cozens wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Storrs) writes: > > Just so I'm clear, are you saying that you think L2R is a bad idea, > > and should not be supported? Or just that it has not yet been > > demonstrated that this is a good idea? > > I think

Re: Everything is an object.

First of all, I would like to introduce myself. I have been watching the Perl6 language ideas for some time with growing interest. I am not a great programmer, more like a hobbyist who sometimes applies his programming skills at work. And here are my views on this very interesting topic ;) > Simon