Clarification of behavior for .isa() on built-in types

2005-05-07 Thread Stevan Little
Hello All, So I am expanding our .isa() tests for built-in datatypes (in particular Array), and I have a few (probably very simple) questions (since I cannot seem to find details on this anywhere). Is there an isa() built-in for this? Or it is really @array.meta.isa() (from the Introspection

Re: Clarification of behavior for .isa() on built-in types

2005-05-07 Thread Matt Fowles
Stevan~ On 5/7/05, Stevan Little [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can it also be a Junction? : $fido.isa(Dog | Cat)# true if $fido.isa(Dog) or $fido.isa(Cat) $fido.isa(Dog Beagle) # true if $fide.isa(Dog) and $fido.isa(Beagle) If it can be a Junction, it makes me wonder if

Re: Clarification of behavior for .isa() on built-in types

2005-05-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 01:09:52PM -0400, Stevan Little wrote: : Hello All, : : So I am expanding our .isa() tests for built-in datatypes (in : particular Array), and I have a few (probably very simple) questions : (since I cannot seem to find details on this anywhere). : : Is there an isa()