#1108: Subs in "built-in PMC" namespaces are treated as PMC methods
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Reporter: Austin_Hastings | Type: bug
Status: new | Priority: normal
Milestone: | Component: none
Version: 1.6.0 | Severity: medium
Keywords: | Lang:
Patch: | Platform:
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A sub that is declared in a namespace that matches the name of a builtin
PMC is automatically dispatched as a method:
{{{
$ cat x.pir
.sub main
$P0 = new 'Integer'
$P0.'foo'()
.end
.namespace ['Integer']
.sub 'foo'
say 'foo'
.end
$ ./parrot x.pir
foo
$
}}}
While this *does* make it possible to override builtin methods,
it also makes it impossible to write "class methods" that translate
behaviors, since the presence or absence of the `:method` attribute on the
sub is ignored.
This behavior does not happen with non-builtin classes:
{{{
$ cat y.pir
.sub main
$P1 = newclass ['XYZ']
$P0 = new ['XYZ']
$P0.'foo'()
.end
.namespace ['XYZ']
.sub 'foo'
say 'foo'
.end
$ ./parrot y.pir
Method 'foo' not found for invocant of class 'XYZ'
current instr.: 'main' pc 11 (y.pir:4)
$
}}}
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/1108>
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