On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:59:49AM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
>
> > > class Demo {
> > > my $threshold is const = 100;
> >
> > Hmm... is a "my const" the same as an "our const"?
>
> No. 'my' is per-instance; 'our' is per-class.
But, in terms of constants, it seems to me that there's no
difference. They both have only one value that is assigned
when the module/class is parsed.
> > class Demo {
> > my $id is immutable;
> > method INIT ($demo_id is initializer ($id)) {}
> >
> > "is initializer" is rather long, but you get the idea.
>
> I'd do that like so (using Larry's preferred syntax):
[...]
> method INIT ($idval) { $.id := $idval }
Hm... that looks to me like a regular ":="; is it?
If so, what good is "is const" if you can override it with
a ":="? Am I missing something?
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