On 16 Dec 2000, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
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>>> So: What I would love to see in Perl 6 is a way of having a single
>>> scalar that holds a reference to a particular instance's method.
>>> Is there any chance that this would be considered? Or is this already
>>> possible in Perl 5 but I have missed it?
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> my $methref = sub { $foo->method(@_) };
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> You missed it. :) Just be sure that $foo is not a package variable,
> so that a proper closure is created.
Again, thanks.
This should probably be given a slightly more prominent position in
perltoot and perlobj (if it is there at all). I have read those many times
and never seen, or even thought of, this way of doing it.
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