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Set by lizmat on 8 June 2022.
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stevied If anyone is bored and is looking for a distraction, I wrote an answer to my own question on SO for my code that uses a class factory to generate similar classes concisely. If you see a way I can improve or streamline this code further, please post a comment there on SO. Thanks! 04:55
oh, and I couldn't figure out how to put the attributes directly into the Dimension class without getting an error so I created them on the fly. Not sure if it's possible to put them into Dimension class directly. 05:02
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kueppo Hi there, just going through the manual, I've no clue of what the ~ twigil is used for, I guess I'm not gonna have to use it in future or ...? '=D 08:48
lizmat kueppo: probably not, indeed 08:50
kueppo Noted
lizmat not until RakuAST has landed, I'd say 08:51
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SmokeMachine stevied: is there a link for that? 17:03
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SmokeMachine this one? stackoverflow.com/questions/725544...2#72569192 17:06
Nemokosch ngl you guys are really using Raku in sophisticated and very diverse ways 17:22
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stevied oh, sorry, yeah, forgot the link. yeah, that's it 17:35
i have this function sig: 17:37
`sub derived-factory(Hash:D %derived, Str:D $type, Str:D $base, Bool:D $imp = False)`
I'm passing a hash into it, I think, but I'm getting this error:
`Type check failed in binding to parameter '%derived'; expected Associative[Hash] but got Hash ({:Gt(${:den(1.0), :n...)`
why does it say expected Associative[Hash]? 17:38
I don't even know the difference between the two 17:39
ok, if I change it the `%` to the `$` sign it works. I suppose this is one of those container things 17:43
or it gets converted to a list or something, right? I forget.
Nahita `%` means the variable is an (or "does") Associative (for which the default type is Hash); if you put some type before it (e.g, Hash you did), it indicates what the type of *key*s of the Associative is restricted to. So it expects an Associative where keys are Hashes; `Associative[Hash]` signals this (i.e., some variable declared as `my Hash %h;` is to be passed). [Similarly you can constrain the type 17:49
(at least) two resolutions: as you did `Hash $var`, or `%var` only
stevied ah, ok, yeah, that rings a bell
so it's like a argument checker, not a sigil 17:50
thanks!
SmokeMachine Hash:D %derived means exactly a Associative (that's what the % mean) where each value is a Hash:D 18:05
sorry, just ready Nahita's answer...
stevied: I've added a suggestion on your question to create a `dimension` keyword... 18:07
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stevied thanks, i'll check it out 18:59
what's the best way to determine if an object has a specific attribute? 19:35
I came up with this: `say $.dimension.^attributes.Str.contains: 'multiplier';` but this seems pretty hacky 19:39
lizmat m: dd q/$!value/ (elem) 42.^attributes>>.name 19:40
camelia Bool::True
stevied ok, so seems like there's not built in way 19:41
ok, so seems like there's no built in way
lizmat well, that *is* a built-in way as no NQP is involved :-) 19:42
well, externally :-)
stevied still couldn't tell you waht NGP stands for šŸ™‚ 19:45
Q
lizmat Not Quite Perl 19:46
originally
m: sub has-attribute(\object, Str:D $name) { $name (elem) object.^attributes.map({.name.substr(2)}) }; say 42.&has-attribute("value") 19:47
camelia True
stevied oh yeah
Nahita there are `$obj.^can("attr")` and `$obj.?attr` but not sure if these are equivalent to what @lizmat showed above fully
lizmat ^can only tells you it can do a *method* 19:48
Nahita `^can` returns an empty list if not found, `.?` returns Nil
SmokeMachine those are for methods...
lizmat an attribute *can* have an accessor method, but if it's private, it doesn't
and methods can also be just: methods :-)
SmokeMachine m: class Bla { has $.a; has $!b }; say Black.^can("a"); say Black.^can("b") 19:49
camelia ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling <tmp>
Undeclared name:
Black used at line 1. Did you mean 'Block'?
Nahita oh okay thanks
SmokeMachine m: class Bla { has $.a; has $!b }; say Black.^can("a"); say Bla.^can("b")
camelia ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling <tmp>
Undeclared name:
Black used at line 1. Did you mean 'Block'?
SmokeMachine m: class Bla { has $.a; has $!b }; say Bla.^can("a"); say Bla.^can("b")
camelia (a)
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Nahita where is Raku on EAFP vs LBYL? is there a strong tendency to either 19:51
or TIMTOWTDI and discussion is moot
jgaz If I want to split my code off into smaller module files (in the same dir as my main code) how do I do that? 19:58
That is, how do I include the external module? 19:59
lizmat with "use" (and make sure to add the to the META6.json :-) 20:00
jgaz So, even when it's a local file I still have to use META6.jason? 20:03
err... META6.json? What's the point/
lizmat no, you don't, but it is a good practice :-) 20:05
-I has its disadadvantages
jgaz Sorry, I mean what is META6 in the first place? What is the function of the file? 20:06
lizmat it is needed to create an installable distribution of your module 20:10
it keeps information on what it provides, what it needs, who the authors are, and the authority etc.
jgaz lizmat: okay, gotcha. 20:17
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kueppo I searched but found nothing 23:12
@a-cloned.push: "k$i" => $i.clone;
@a-cloned.push("k$i" => $i.clone);
What's the name for the first syntax, I haven't seen such a signature syntax from the signature doc but appears in some examples.
s/signature/argument/ 23:14
from here docs.raku.org/language/variables#T...declarator 23:19

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