Re: Signature for the series operator

2009-06-26 Thread yary
S02 says- Anywhere you can use a single type you can use a set of types, for convenience specifiable as if it were an "or" junction: my Int|Str $error = $val; # can assign if $val~~Int or $val~~Str so would sub infix:<...>(Array|Scalar $values, Code $generator) be kosher? I'm w

Re: Signature for the series operator

2009-06-25 Thread Jon Lang
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Moritz Lenz wrote: > Hi, > > I had the pleasure to implement the series operator (&infix:<...>) in > Rakudo(*), and came across the difficulty to come up with a signature > for it. These are the use cases I want to cover: > > 1, 2 ... { $^a + $^b } > 1 ... { $_ + 1

Signature for the series operator

2009-06-25 Thread Moritz Lenz
Hi, I had the pleasure to implement the series operator (&infix:<...>) in Rakudo(*), and came across the difficulty to come up with a signature for it. These are the use cases I want to cover: 1, 2 ... { $^a + $^b } 1 ... { $_ + 1 } The first one can clearly be written as sub infix:<...>(@value