On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 06:29:19PM -0700, Jon Lang wrote:
: +To declare an item that is parsed as a simple term, you must use the
: +form C term:foo , or some other form of constant declaration such
: +as an enum declaration. Such a term never looks for its arguments,
: +is never considered a
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Larry Wall la...@wall.org wrote:
: So if I were to say:
:
: rand $n:
:
: is the compiler smart enough to notice that trailing colon and
: recognize this as an indirect method call rather than two adjacent
: terms?
No, currently under STD you get:
+To declare an item that is parsed as a simple term, you must use the
+form C term:foo , or some other form of constant declaration such
+as an enum declaration. Such a term never looks for its arguments,
+is never considered a list prefix operator, and may not work with
+subsequent