request addition of immutable Blob type

2006-08-09 Thread Darren Duncan
That #perl6 discussion on character strings over the last hour then evolved into a discussion on binary strings, where the pseudo-conclusion started here: http://colabti.de/irclogger/irclogger_log/perl6?date=2006-08-09,Wedsel=294#l520 And so, I formally propose the addition of an immutable

Re: request addition of immutable Blob type

2006-08-09 Thread Yuval Kogman
What about str? Or is it called buf now? -- Yuval Kogman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nothingmuch.woobling.org 0xEBD27418 pgpaF4yq94mUW.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: request addition of immutable Blob type

2006-08-09 Thread Darren Duncan
At 10:57 AM +0300 8/9/06, Yuval Kogman wrote: What about str? Or is it called buf now? What was once spelled 'str' is now spelled 'buf'. That autoboxes to Buf, according to Synopsis 6, which is a mutable type. The Blob I propose is immutable by contrast, and can be treated like Num or Str