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Chaim Frenkel wrote: > > >>>>> "CS" == Christian Soeller <c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz> writes: > > CS> The other problem with arrays is: how do we deal with functions that > CS> take multiple piddle arguments if they are arrays: > > CS> @result = integrate @x, @y, @bounds; > > CS> Won't those all be clumped into one big input array? Does it mean we > CS> have to write > > The current thinking in -internals is that list flattening will be delayed > to as late as possible. > > One possiblity would be that only @_ would do any flattening. It would > walk each argument with an appropriate iterator to return the flattened > list. > > A parameter list would then have access to the actual items on the list. A second related question: would I be able to return a list of arrays from a function, e.g. (@fit,@corr) = fitit @x, @y; How could I find out if the user wants just one array or two? @fit = fitit @x, @y; # return only the fit Is there a possible 'wantarray' extension to find out if the user wants an item or several items? What is the meaning of list context then anyway? ChristianThread Previous | Thread Next