Re: Types for Perl 6: request for comments

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 4:32 AM, Giuseppe Castagna <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>> my $sub = do {
>>     proto foo (|) { * }
>>     multi foo (Int $x) { $x + 1 }
>>     multi foo (Str $y) { $y ~ 'a' }
>>
>>     &foo;
>> }
>>
>
> Oh yes, nice ... I think I will add it in my paper (and if you send me
> your full name I will give credits to you)
>
>
The do block version to make anonymous sub was my work, Brent Laabs.
Using lexical subs to emulate anonymous multi subs was the first thing to
come to mind when I read that Perl 6 didn't have them.  Unfortunately, I
haven't had time to read the rest of your paper, maybe this weekend.