Millsa Erlas wrote:
> I have thought of an interesting idea that may allow Perl 6 to make the
> $, @, and % optional on many uses of variables. This involves simply
> extending the function namespace to include all kinds of structures, and
> thus the function namespace does not require symbols, they are optional.
>
> Also, a goal I have tried to follow here is to implement this feature
> without affecting the existing usage grammar and rules of the Perl 6
> language at all. This is a good goal i believe, my intention is just for
> this to be an additional extension to Perl 6, not change its existing
> grammar and parsing rules at all, just expand upon it. Perl 6 is a great
> language and I like what has done so far. This is not an attempt to
> change what has already been defined, but rather provide an additional
> usage.
In that case, you should be looking into how to make it a pragmata,
rather then pushing the idea on perl6-language. It shouldn't be too
hard -- a matter of using the equivalent of perl5's UNIVERSAL::AUTOLOAD,
and the OUTER:: scope.
-=- James Mastros,
theorbtwo
