Re: RFC 238 (v1) length(@ary) deserves a warning

[email protected] (Damian Conway) Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:49:00 +1100 (EST)
Newsgroups perl.perl6.language.subs
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   > > What exactly didn't you like about RFC 128???
   > 
   > Ummm... the fact that its title doesn't match /proto/.  My bad.

In fact it proposes that "prototype" be banished as a term of reference. :-)
   
   > Okay, its a proposal to overhaul prototyping, cool.  But I don't see
   > anything to allow C<length $string> and C<length @array> live
   > together.  Its a big RFC, I probably missed it.

Look up "context classes". C<length> would be:

	sub length ( [$\@] ) {...}

Damian