Larry Wall wrote:
A multi sub presents only an MMD interface, while a multi method presents
both MMD and SMD interfaces. In this case, there's not much point in the
SMD inteface since .. used as infix is always going to call the MMD interface.
So:
multi method : MMD and SMD
multi sub: MMD
On 3/2/06, Jonathan Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can subs be declared within classes? Can methods be declared without
classes? If the answers to both of these questions are no, then it
occurs to me that you _could_ unify the two under a single name, using
the class boundary as the
Stevan Little wrote:
Jonathan Lang wrote:
Can subs be declared within classes? Can methods be declared without
classes?
I would say yes.
Having subs inside classes makes creating small utility functions
easier. You could also use private methods for this, but if I dont
need to pass the
On 3/2/06, Jonathan Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stevan Little wrote:
Jonathan Lang wrote:
Can subs be declared within classes? Can methods be declared without
classes?
I would say yes.
Having subs inside classes makes creating small utility functions
easier. You could also
Stevan Little wrote:
Jonathan Lang wrote:
Steven Little wrote:
$object does unattached_method;
^Object does unattached_method;
(Wouldn't that be ^$object does unattached_method;?)
No, I am attaching the method (well role really) to the class ^Object.
There is no such thing as
Kudos to all the Perl 6 mailing list.
What's the difference between
multi sub infix:.. ( Int $min, Int $max ) { ... }
and
multi method infix:.. ( Int $min, Int $max ) { ... }
?
And in the case there isn't one, what's the point of declaring if it's a
sub or method; why not just multi or
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 09:09:30PM -0700, Joshua Choi wrote:
: Kudos to all the Perl 6 mailing list.
Not to mention all the people on the list... :-)
: What's the difference between
: multi sub infix:.. ( Int $min, Int $max ) { ... }
: and
: multi method infix:.. ( Int $min, Int $max ) {
