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avuserow_ Hey folks, can someone point me to what the semicolon in the parens is doing in the following code? I know it's making a list, somehow, but not really sure why it's working (and why a comma does not): 20:55
m: my $a = True; my $b = False; dd ("z" if $a; "ro" if $b);
camelia ("z",)
avuserow_ m: my $a = True; my $b = True; dd ("z" if $a; "ro" if $b);
camelia ("z", "ro")
20:56 avuserow_ is now known as avuserow
Nemokosch I think this is a semicolon-separated list there 20:58
m: my $a = True; my $b = True; dd ("z" if $a; "ro", "mania" if $b);
Raku eval ("z", ("ro", "mania"))
Nemokosch docs.raku.org/language/list.html look up the word "semicolon" 21:03
gfldex avuserow: it's creating a 2-dimensional list. In your first example, the 2nd value happends not to be created because the statement form of if does suppress it. 21:06
m: my $a = True; my $b = False; dd("z" if $a; "ro" if $b);
camelia ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling <tmp>
Unable to parse expression in argument list; couldn't find final ')' (corresponding starter was at line 1)
at <tmp>:1
------> my $a = True; my $b = False; dd("z" if ā$a; "ro" if $b);
Nemokosch I'd think the second value was Empty in that case 21:07
m: dd ("z"; Empty)
Raku eval ("z",)
gfldex please note that `dd()` is not the same as `dd ()`. In the latter form, the space turns () into a list-literal (if there is a , or ; inside). 21:08
avuserow m: sub mode(:$a, :$b) {my $mode = join ',', ("ro" if $a; "z" if $b); $mode = ":$mode" if $mode; return $mode // ''} say mode(:a, :!b) # closer to my actual use-case, maybe there's a better way to write this? 21:10
camelia ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling <tmp>
Strange text after block (missing semicolon or comma?)
at <tmp>:1
------> = ":$mode" if $mode; return $mode // ''}ā say mode(:a, :!b) # closer to my actual
expecting any of:
ā€¦
avuserow m: sub mode(:$a, :$b) {my $mode = join ',', ("ro" if $a; "z" if $b); $mode = ":$mode" if $mode; return $mode // ''}; say mode(:a, :!b) # closer to my actual use-case, maybe there's a better way to write this? 21:11
camelia :ro
avuserow maybe my brain is just making this too complex and I should just use an if/elsif/else block :shrug:
gfldex are mode ro and z mutual exclusive? 21:12
m: say Empty.defined; 21:15
camelia False
gfldex m: m: sub mode(:$a, :$b) {my $mode = join ',', ("ro" if $a andthen "z" if $b); $mode = ":$mode" if $mode; return $mode // ''}; say mode(:a, :!b)
camelia ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling <tmp>
Missing semicolon
at <tmp>:1
------> ode = join ',', ("ro" if $a andthen "z" āif $b); $mode = ":$mode" if $mode; retur
gfldex m: say Empty.Bool; 21:16
camelia False
Nemokosch what is the supposed output? 21:19
avuserow no, output is one of `:ro` `:z:` :ro,z` or empty `` 21:22
no, output is one of `:ro` `:z` :ro,z` or empty ``
I don't think I'm going to end up with a third option here so I'll just write it as a boring if/elsif/else block 21:23
Nemokosch m: (True, False) Z&& <ro z> andthen .say 21:28
Raku eval (ro False)
Nemokosch m: (True, False) Z&& <ro z> andthen .grep(&so) # drop falsy values 21:29
Raku eval
Nemokosch forgot to print
m: (True, False) Z&& <ro z> andthen .grep(&so).say # drop falsy values
Raku eval (ro)
Nemokosch m: (True, True) Z&& <ro z> andthen .grep(&so).join(',').say 21:32
Raku eval ro,z
gfldex m: sub mode(:$a, :$b) { if ("ro" if $a) ~ (",z" if $b) -> $_ { ":$_" } else { '' } }; dd mode(:a, :!b); dd mode(:a, :b); dd mode(); 21:33
camelia ":ro"
":ro,z"
""
gfldex avuserow: ^^^ that's shorter but I'm not sure if it is better.
Nemokosch I like it if that counts šŸ˜„ 21:34
avuserow I learned I can specify `:rw` if $a is false, so I can simplify the edge cases into approximately this: 21:41
m: sub mode(:$a, :$b) {my $mode = $a ?? ':rw' !! ':ro'; $mode ~= ':z' if $b; return $mode}; say mode(:a, :!b); say mode(:!a, :b) 21:42
camelia :rw
:ro:z
avuserow m: sub mode(:$a, :$b) {my $mode = $a ?? ':rw' !! ':ro'; $mode ~= ',z' if $b; return $mode}; say mode(:a, :!b); say mode(:!a, :b)
camelia :rw
:ro,z
gfldex m: sub prepend(Str:D $s, Str:D $prefix) { "$prefix$s" }; sub mode(:$a, :$b) { ("ro" if $a) ~ (",z" if $b) andthen .&prepend(':') // '' }; dd mode(:a, :!b); dd mode(:a, :b); dd mode(); 21:43
camelia ":ro"
":ro,z"
":"
gfldex I wish we had Str.prepend .
avuserow m: my $s = "def"; $s = $s R~ "abc"; say $s # maybe? 21:44
camelia abcdef
gfldex Or an infix prepend operator with andthen semantics for Str.
Nemokosch what's the matter with R~ ?
gfldex m: sub mode(:$a, :$b) { ("ro" if $a) ~ (",z" if $b) andthen .fmt(':%s') // '' }; dd mode(:a, :!b); dd mode(:a, :b); dd mode(); 21:49
camelia ":ro"
":ro,z"
":"
gfldex Silly me, we got .fmt on Str.
avuserow hmm, looks like you have a single colon still in the third case? 21:55
Nemokosch m: dd Empty ~ Empty 21:56
Raku eval ""
Nemokosch it is defined indeed so andthen will execute
gfldex m: sub mode(:$a, :$b --> Str()) { ("ro" if $a) ~ (",z" if $b) andthen ( .fmt(':%s') if .so ) }; dd mode(:a, :!b); dd mode(:a, :b); dd mode(); 21:57
camelia ":ro"
":ro,z"
""
gfldex avuserow: ^^^
I didn't know --> Str() actually works. 21:58
That turns Empty into "".
And is an ENODOC. :-/
avuserow nice, thanks for indulging me in this :+1: 22:00
gfldex One blogpost, 2 ENODOC issues and giving lizmat a good reason for a quick PR. My work is done for today. :-> 22:15
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