On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 09:05:52PM -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> =head1 TITLE
>
> use strict 'objects': a new pragma for using Java-like objects in Perl
> =head2 protected
>
> Just take Conway's RFC 188 and do a s/private/protected/g :-)
"protected" is a very loaded term. What you propose to call protected
in Perl isn't the same as protected in C++. This will cause
confusion.
> =head2 private
>
> Like Conway's private operator defined in RFC 188, but accessing an
> hash key or a method that has been marked as private from outside the
> defining package should result in a fatal error.
What does this buy us? What is the benefit?
> =head2 static
> Methods not marked as such should return a fatal error if called
> directly on the class.
Again, where's the benefit?
-Scott
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