Simon Cozens:
>On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:09:28AM -0700, Brent Dax wrote:
>> This also reads like English:
>> Is foo constant?
> Until you realise that in order to actually use it sensibly, you'll
have to say something like
> if (is $foo constant)
> instead of (as I would prefer)
> i
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:09:28AM -0700, Brent Dax wrote:
> This also reads like English:
> Is foo constant?
Until you realise that in order to actually use it sensibly, you'll
have to say something like
if (is $foo constant)
instead of (as I would prefer)
if ($foo is constant)
--
Note the time I sent this out. My mind may not be thinking quite straight
at this point, so bear with me.
First of all, the dot dispute. If we want a way to absolutely make sure
we're checking a scalar's properties, why not reuse our keywords?
$foo is constant; #sets $foo