On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 01:47:37PM -0700, David Hummel wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:31:13AM -0700, Micah J. Cowan wrote: > > The only things I *really* wish I could get with Perl is: I wish it > > had exceptions, > > Perl does have exception handling via eval. You can eval your block or > expression, and then check $@ for the exception.
I'm aware of this. It's a hack and it sucks. But it is better than nothing. > > and I wish I could choose the strength of the typing (obviously, I > > could write ties which would ensure correct values, but...). Both of > > these will be introduced satisfactorily in Perl 6, I believe. > > Yes, I believe type declarations (int, num, str) will be included in > Perl 6. Ranged types, too, IIRC. -Micah _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
