The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Scalar::Properties
DSLIP: RdpOp
description: run-time properties on scalar variables
userid: MARCEL (Marcel Grunauer)
chapterid: 6 (Data_Type_Utilities)
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london.pm and vienna.pm mailing lists, comp.lang.perl.modules
similar:
Attribute::*
rationale:
Scalar::Properties attempts to make Perl more object-oriented by
taking an idea from Ruby: Everything you manipulate is an object,
and the results of those manipulations are objects themselves.
'hello world'->length -1234->abs "oh my god, it's full of
properties"->index('g')
The first example asks a string to calculate its length. The second
example asks a number to calculate its absolute value. And the third
example asks a string to find the index of the letter 'g'.
Using this module you can have run-time properties on initialized
scalar variables and literal values. The word 'properties' is used
in the Perl 6 sense: out-of-band data, little sticky notes that are
attached to the value. While attributes (as in Perl 5's attribute
pragma, and see the `Attribute::*' family of modules) are handled at
compile-time, properties are handled at run-time.
enteredby: MARCEL (Marcel Grunauer)
enteredon: Wed Jun 27 22:57:04 2001 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Scalar::
::Properties RdpOp run-time properties on scalar variables MARCEL
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