Required Named Params and go write your own grammar

2004-05-04 Thread Abhijit A. Mahabal
As I try writing P6 programs I do find myself needing required named params, and I thought I'd like something like ++$named_req for myself as a shorthand for +$named_req is required or whatever is decided. Now, larry often says (only partly jokingly) go write your own grammar. But I do not know

Re: Required Named Params and go write your own grammar

2004-05-04 Thread Juerd
Abhijit A. Mahabal skribis 2004-05-04 10:27 (-0500): As I try writing P6 programs I do find myself needing required named params, and I thought I'd like something like ++$named_req for myself as a shorthand for +$named_req is required or whatever is decided. What's wrong with just specifying

Re: Required Named Params and go write your own grammar

2004-05-04 Thread Luke Palmer
Abhijit A. Mahabal writes: As I try writing P6 programs I do find myself needing required named params, and I thought I'd like something like ++$named_req for myself as a shorthand for +$named_req is required or whatever is decided. Now, larry often says (only partly jokingly) go write your

Re: Required Named Params and go write your own grammar

2004-05-04 Thread Abhijit A. Mahabal
On Tue, 4 May 2004, Luke Palmer wrote: Abhijit A. Mahabal writes: Needing to know the entire P6 grammar isn't mouth watering. grammar Grammar::ReqNamed { is Grammar::Perl; Ah, I see. That does answer my question. I had forgotten that grammers can be inherited from and you can