On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 02:58:05PM -0700, Jon Lang wrote:
: Michael Zedeler wrote:
: >> The obvious (default) choice for a step size would be the precision of
: >> the more precise of the two values. So 0.0001 in your example above.
: >>
: >
: > Well... maybe. How do you specify the intended preci
Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Jon Lang wrote:
>> Also, I want to second David Green's point: we're not talking "Range"
>> and "Interval" here; we're talking "Range" and "Series".
>
> But a "series" refers to a more general concept than a discrete range.
> I still think Ran
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Jon Lang wrote:
> Also, I want to second David Green's point: we're not talking "Range"
> and "Interval" here; we're talking "Range" and "Series".
But a "series" refers to a more general concept than a discrete range.
I still think Range and Interval fit better.
Michael Zedeler wrote:
>> The obvious (default) choice for a step size would be the precision of
>> the more precise of the two values. So 0.0001 in your example above.
>>
>
> Well... maybe. How do you specify the intended precision, then? If I want
> the values from 1 to 2 with step size 0.01, I
I promised some further thoughts; here they are:
As written, declarator aliasing attaches the alias to a piece of code,
and draws both the name and the alias from that. What about using a
special case of the declarator block for this? That is:
class Database::Handle { #=alias
has IO $
James Cloos wrote:
"Michael" == Michael Zedeler writes:
Michael> The Range 1.0001 .. 2.15 makes sense as an interval definition, but
Michael> there can hardly be a useful list definition without defining a step
Michael> size, at least, making it possible to use step sizes less tha
Smylers pointed out:
>> * Hence it must always parsed using full Perl 6 grammar: perl6 -doc
>
> Having a multi-character option preceded by a single hyphen doesn't play
> well with bundling of single-character options...
You make many good points. Changed to: perl --doc
Thanks,
Damian
On 2009-Aug-24, at 4:17 pm, Daniel Ruoso wrote:
Em Seg, 2009-08-24 às 23:50 +0200, Michael Zedeler escreveu:
The most elegant solution would be if the data types themselves
indicated their capabilities.
One thing I think you missed entirely is the fact that the infix:<..>
operator is a multi su
> "Michael" == Michael Zedeler writes:
Michael> The Range 1.0001 .. 2.15 makes sense as an interval definition, but
Michael> there can hardly be a useful list definition without defining a step
Michael> size, at least, making it possible to use step sizes less than one.
The obvious (default)
