Polynomial & Vector: Together At Last

After a weekend spent studiously ignoring Perl 6, I've finally dug back in and sorted out the problems in the KnotVector / Nubs implementation. At least, every test is back to passing, and I've added a number of harder tests which pass as well. The good news is I like the code I have now a lot better than the code I thought I was ready to post last time around. (Still needs some work, though, IMO.)

Without further ado, here's the heart of what I've been trying to get at.

multi method Evaluate($t, KnotBasisDirection $direction = Left)
{
    my $n0 = $.knot_vector.N0_index($.degree, $t, $direction);
    return [+] ($.knot_vector.N_local($n0, $.degree, $t) 
                >>*<< @.control_points[$n0 .. ($n0 + $.degree)]);
}

multi method Evaluate($base_t, $actual_t, KnotBasisDirection $direction = Left)
{
    my $n0 = $.knot_vector.N0_index($.degree, $base_t, $direction);
    return [+] ($.knot_vector.N_local($n0, $.degree, $actual_t) 
                >>*<< @.control_points[$n0 .. ($n0 + $.degree)]);
}

Notice these two routines are exactly the same, except where the second uses $base_t and $actual_t, the first uses just $t both times. This allows us to always set $base_t with an actual number (so that it can be used to calculate $n0), but pass anything that logically works for $actual_t. If $actual_t is a number, then Evaluate will calculate the curve's value at that parameter value. If it is a Polynomial representing a single variable (call it what you will, I keep switching between u, t, and x in my thinking), then Evaluate will return the Polynomial representing the section of the curve specified by $base_t. If (as I keep toying around with), you passed a class representing a closure you can do math on, then you'll get a fancy closure that can evaluate that section of the curve. And so on and so forth. It's not tied to a particular implementation of Polynomial; all that's required is something that can handle a few basic math functions.