At 06:21 PM 8/29/00 +0000, Jim Edwards wrote: > > > > > > Regardless, you can already do this in perl 5, and will undoubtedly be able > > to do it in perl 6, with source filters. > >So why do we have to do >$ip1=$i+1; # my pdl pet peave >$f->slice("(0),$ip1,$i"); > >instead of > >$f((0),$i+1,$i); # substitute your favorite syntax here > >? Because source filters are: 1) Relatively new (5.005 IIRC, but I could be mis-remembering) 2) A bloody pain in the neck to write Lots of things could use 'em if they were easier to do. That's one of the goals of perl 6, I think. Dan --------------------------------------"it's like this"------------------- Dan Sugalski even samurai dan@sidhe.org have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunkThread Previous | Thread Next