Or the lack of a %rest?
> "DC" == Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DC> * Label an argument such that there is no corresponding named
DC> parameter.
>>
>> Could this be eased slightly? How about a %rest hash, if supplied
>> in the prototype would absorb the unused named parameters
> Since there is a run-time component we could probably write a
> proof-of-concept parser for some of this in perl5 now:
>
> use NamedParameters;
This would certainly be an interesting and useful module. I
encourage someone to create it. Of course, it couldn't (easily)
include all
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 06:04:55PM +1000, Damian Conway wrote:
>> > An argument would be associated with a named parameter by
>> > prefixing it with a standard Perl label (i.e. an identifier-colon
>> > sequence). For example:
>> >
>> > @mapped = doublemap(args: @list,
> > An argument would be associated with a named parameter by
> > prefixing it with a standard Perl label (i.e. an identifier-colon
> > sequence). For example:
> >
> > @mapped = doublemap(args: @list, mapsub: ^a+^b);
>
> I persoanlly would prefer '=>' to be used here
> =head1 ABSTRACT
>
> This RFC proposes that subroutine argument context specifiers be
> extended in several ways, including allowing parameters to be typed and
> named, and that a syntax be provided for binding arguments to named
> parameters.
I agree with most, if not all, of this RFC.
> =h
Chaim Frenkel wrote:
>
> DC> =head1 IMPLEMENTATION
>
> DC> Definitely S.E.P.
>
> What does that mean?
Somebody Else's Problem. From one of the Douglas Adams novels.
> DC> * Label an argument such that there is no corresponding named
> DC> parameter.
>
> Could this be eased slightly? How about a %rest hash, if supplied
> in the prototype would absorb the unused named parameters?
Yes, I've been rethinking that in light of my i
> "DC" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DC> * Label an argument such that there is no corresponding named
DC> parameter.
Could this be eased slightly? How about a %rest hash, if supplied
in the prototype would absorb the unused named parameters?
DC> =hea
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
Subroutines: Extend subroutine contexts to include name parameters and lazy arguments
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 17 August 2000
Version: 1
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