Re: syntax question on parameter lists

2008-04-10 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:36:09PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: : Yes, but where does resolve down to a typename? : My reading of STD.pm is that becomes a : (since it's not a 'where' clause in this case), and is currently : one of , , or . Value is supposed to include fulltypename, but I

Re: syntax question on parameter lists

2008-04-10 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 09:18:38PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 03:26:02AM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: > : S06 shows how to define named-only parameters, "marked with a prefix :". > But no example shows anything more than a bare parameter name. No type is > ever given! >

Re: syntax question on parameter lists

2008-04-10 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 03:26:02AM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: : S06 shows how to define named-only parameters, "marked with a prefix :". But no example shows anything more than a bare parameter name. No type is ever given! : : Looking through my copy of STD.pm, I'm baffled, as it seems not

syntax question on parameter lists

2008-04-10 Thread John M. Dlugosz
S06 shows how to define named-only parameters, "marked with a prefix :". But no example shows anything more than a bare parameter name. No type is ever given! Looking through my copy of STD.pm, I'm baffled, as it seems not to take types in parameter lists at all. So, is it method bytes ( E