Re: Topaz 0.11 is out .. and in CVS (Finally!)

[email protected] (Chip Salzenberg) Sat, 29 Apr 2000 22:51:53 -0700
Newsgroups perl.perl6.porters
Message-ID <[email protected]>
According to John Tobey:
> Actually, your way is probably better, assuming the methods can
> theoretically all work on any Aggr.

They can.  Consider pseudohashes, the base pointers of all evil:

   $a = [ \%FIELDS, 1, 2, 3 ];
   %$a = ();                    #  clear_hash()
   @$a = ();                    #  clear_array()

> "clear_hash" means "clear as a hash" and not "I'd better be a hash
> so clear me".

You've convinced me.  My way is better.  :-)
-- 
Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -              <[email protected]>
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