On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 04:10:32PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> Yes, that should work eventually, given that hypers are supposed to stop
> after the longest *finite* sequence. In theory you could even say
>
> my %trans = ('a'..*) »=>« ('?' xx *);
>
> but we haven't tried to define what the sem
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:09:44AM -0600, Luke Palmer wrote:
: The way i would define hyper would be to stop after the shortest list
: (also with zip). I know there are reasons not to do that, however, it
: is easy to say:
:
:(@a, 0 xx *) >>+<< @b
:
: or
:
:@a >>+<< @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8/24/06, Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I found your rant a bit long on vehemence and short on coherence,
Luke, but if I understand you correctly, your complaint is that this
is finite:
@finite_list >>=><< @infinite_list
while, according to S03, this is long:
@short_list >>=><< @lo
On 8/24/06, Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
e.g. q(a b) >>=><< (1,2,3,4) would return (a=>1, b=>2, undef=>3, undef=>4).
or rather, it would if I'd typed qw(a b) as I intended.
One other point: while I agree that we should shield the programmer as
much as possible from having to care wh
I found your rant a bit long on vehemence and short on coherence,
Luke, but if I understand you correctly, your complaint is that this
is finite:
@finite_list >>=><< @infinite_list
while, according to S03, this is long:
@short_list >>=><< @long_list
e.g. q(a b) >>=><< (1,2,3,4) would return (a
On 8/23/06, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, that should work eventually, given that hypers are supposed to stop
after the longest *finite* sequence.
Shudder xx *
What the hell does that mean!?
Let me posit this:
@a = 0..42;
@b = list_of_twin_primes();
(@a >>=><< @b).lengt
On 8/23/06, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Strange, this works for me:
$_ = "foo"; say .uc
FOO
Maybe that was fixed in 6.2.12, then. I'm still running 6.2.11, and
at least on Cygwin, I get this:
$ pugs -e '$_ = "foo"; say .uc'
$
No output. And if I try .trans:
$ pugs -e '$_
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 06:39:52PM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
: It does sadden me somewhat that the say() requires the parens (or an
: explicit $_ etc). But I'll live. :)
Strange, this works for me:
$_ = "foo"; say .uc
FOO
Seems to work with .uc() as well.
Larry
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 06:49:06PM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
: On 8/23/06, Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >my %trans = ('a'..'z') »=>« ('?' xx 26);
:
: Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I should theoretically be able to
: use xx * there, thus creating a lazily-evaluated infinitely-lon
On 8/23/06, Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
my %trans = ('a'..'z') »=>« ('?' xx 26);
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I should theoretically be able to
use xx * there, thus creating a lazily-evaluated infinitely-long list
of question marks?
--
Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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