On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:41:41 -0600, Tom Christiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've actually even used this at run-time, such as:
$value = {
azure = 0xF0,
chartreuse = 0x7FFF00,
lavender= 0xE6E6FA,
magenta = 0xFF00FF,
turquoise =
]
sh.edu.au cc:
Subject: Re: switch
s/statement/operator
could a case operator be overloadable?
Ccase isn't an operator, it's (half of) a control statement.
In a sense, the existing proposal already allows Ccase to be "overloaded".
If your switch value is a subroutine, then the Ccase value is passed
to that subroutine, which can then
went through the archives about RFC22 "builtin switch statement".
didn't see any mention of this, thought I'd throw it in there to see
how it was recieved.
I was thinking that the switch statement could possibly be expanded
to also behave as an operator and not just a control statement.
i.e.
I was thinking that the switch statement could possibly be expanded
to also behave as an operator and not just a control statement.
I had considered this, but didn't put this in because no other
Perl control statements return a value. Personally, I like the
notion a great deal.
What the
