From: Graham Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 04:38:43PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
And allow flexible calling styles. For example, you might say:
# import args() for argument validation
use Module::Interface qw/args/;
sub my_func (@) {
my
From: Michael G Schwern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:55:37AM -0500, Garrett Goebel wrote:
There should be ONE calling style for each sub/method.
Allowing this _will_ cause different people to use different
calling styles and also possible confusion
Any word from on high whether subroutine signatures will apply to methods in
Perl6? There's RFC128 and RFC97... but they both mostly dodge the issue of
methods.
The absense of method signatures for specifying required, optional, and
named parameters... not to mention type-checking for validation
From: Michael G Schwern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Doh! Don't read email for two days and look what happens. Its like
going on vacation and leaving the iron on.
Speaking of which, I just re-read my previous email, and I want apologize
for contributing to the flamebait. Sorry. Hopefully