On Thursday 03 May 2007 7:09 pm, Mark Mills wrote:
> Shouldn't list.pick be list.rand? Or, list.rand should be a synonym for
> .pick(1). Heck, I'd like hash.pick or rand too.
I originally had list.random. The problem is that it conflicts to much with
text.rand which does what the perl function rand does. I chose pick because
that is up and coming in Perl 6. It picks a random item out of a junction
(I'm not sure if it has generally been applied to arrays in Perl 6). I
thought it was short and applicable.
> I love list.int. Love.
I think you mean text.int. I'm not sure what list.int would do. It is
probably my fault for using "text." and "list." to refer to whether it is a
Text or List VMethod whereas in TT "text." and "list." could be any type of
variable.
> I've added that (aka .round, .floor, etc.) and
> some variation of rand and pick to just about every TT thing I've done.
Well - I think the fmt method takes care of round (assuming you like Perl's
rounding behavior).
[% number.fmt('%d') %] # Round to integer
[% number.fmt('%.1f') %] # Round to one decimal place (etc)
> Of course, now someone will want ".cast". :)
Well, you sort of have it now - there are list, and hash methods for each of
the various types. With .fmt you can pretty much get the cast to Text for
each of the types also.
> If not in TT2, then TT3 for this one.
If you try CGI::Ex::Template you can have it today.
Paul
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