On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>* Exception handlers run in the lexical context of the block being
>tried.
>* Exception handlers run in the dynamic context of the code that is
>failing.
the first seems dangerous, esp. considering the
The catch block is lexically contained within the try block, so the
inviolate nature of the curlies remains intact.
On 6/3/08, David Nicol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>* Exception handlers run in the lexical context o
Paul Fenwick wrote:
[1] Klingon semantics: It is better to die() in the attempt than to
return() in failure. I'll buy a beverage for whomever can help me
translate that back into Klingon in time for OSCON. ;)
The concept of "better ... than" is difficult to express and not very
warrior-like.
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Roland Giersig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> batlh yiHegh SuvwI'mo! yIcheghbe' lujwI'mo'!
> Die honorably as a warrior! Do not return as a looser!
Not quite. mo' means "because of the ", so the above says
something like 'die because of the warrior', 'return because
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:42:33AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
: However, I think we are now officially *way* off topic for Perl6...
Not really--a Klingon army is a *parallel* processor, and just because
one Klingon dies doesn't mean the whole army should suddenly die too.
Traditional exception han
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The catch block is lexically contained within the try block, so the
> inviolate nature of the curlies remains intact.
thank you.
Mark J. Reed schrieb:
I think the simplest and most Klingonlike expression of the sentiment
is simply this: yIQap pagh yIHegh! (Succeed or die!)
But you could say something like: SuvwI' yIDa: yIHegh! bIlujchugh yIcheghQo'!
(Behave as a warrior: die! If you fail, do not return!)
Thanks for
Larry Wall wrote:
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:42:33AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
: However, I think we are now officially *way* off topic for Perl6...
Not really--a Klingon army is a *parallel* processor, and just because
one Klingon dies doesn't mean the whole army should suddenly die too.
Tradi
