Bart Lateur wrote: > > First: I don't like the idea of some user supplied code being called > whenever you declare a new variable, *unless* the author of the class > created a sub *especially written* for this purpose. Exactly. Even then, the arguments must match. So, if Dog::new() takes one argument, and has also been declared to be the 'implicit constructor', then: my Dog $spot; is a syntax error. my Dog $spot = 'hungry'; is allowed. > Suppose all you want is a variable that can reference existing Dog > objects, I definitely do not want that a new object that I don't need is > created, every time I get to the declaration. > > Do you really want: > > for (1..1000) { > my Dog $spot; > } > > to create 10000 unused Dog objects? Ugh! (not "Ug") Agree. I think the RFC confuses the notion of object with the notion of reference. > But I agree that anything beyond that is simply horrible. You'll only > drive more people *away* from OO, because it generates so horribly > inefficient code. If you want a constructor called, than FGS *call* a > constructor. Maybe you can reduce the syntax necessary to do that, but > please don't do it behind our backs. Agree. Either learn from C++ or don't go this route. Hildo
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a ... Tom Christiansen
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should cal... Michael Fowler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a ... Michael Fowler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor i... Hildo Biersma
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a construc... Michael Fowler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a cons... Hildo Biersma
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a ... Michael Fowler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should cal... Michael Fowler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a construc... Piers Cawley
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a cons... Bart Lateur
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a ... Hildo Biersma
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a ... Michael Fowler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a ... Damian Conway
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should cal... Nick Ing-Simmons
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot shoul... David E. Wheeler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should cal... Piers Cawley
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot shoul... Michael Fowler
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot s... Piers Cawley
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot s... Nathan Wiger
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a cons... Nathan Wiger
- Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a ... Piers Cawley