I hope I never run across code written by someone who thinks this is a
good idea.
On 4/11/16, Theo van den Heuvel <vdheu...@heuvelhlt.nl> wrote:
> Thanks Larry for the answer and the great language.
>
> It is quite ok for me to start alphabetically. I use the funny char to
> indicate a particular aspect shared by a bunch of subs operators and
> methods.
> So I tried:
>
> method term:<brave❤> { "Mel G.".say }
>
> However, that gives me:
>
> Bogus postfix
>
> Thanks,
> Theo
>
> Larry Wall schreef op 2016-04-11 22:17:
>> You have to write it like this:
>>
>> class Foo {
>> method ::('❤') { "mem heart".say }
>> }
>>
>> my Foo $foo .= new;
>> $foo.'❤'();
>>
>> Other than that, only names beginning alphabetically are allowed.
>> You could work around this on the caller end with a postfix:<❤>, but
>> that would be an operator, not a method call, so you'd have to write
>> your postfix:<❤> operator to call the actual method in turn, with
>>
>> sub postfix:<❤> ($f) { $f.'❤'() }
>>
>> or so...
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 03:23:21PM +0200, Theo van den Heuvel wrote:
>> : Hi perl6 fans,
>> :
>> : I can use funny characters in operators or in sub names (using
>> : term:<...>). However, when I try the same thing with an operator as
>> : in:
>> :
>> : <code>
>> : class Foo {
>> : method term:<❤> { "mem heart".say }
>> : }
>> :
>> : my Foo $foo .= new;
>> : $foo.❤;
>> : </code>
>> :
>> : I get:
>> : Malformed postfix call
>> :
>> : That is unexpected for me, but is this as it should be?
>> :
>> : This is Rakudo version 2016.01.1 built on MoarVM version 2016.01
>> :
>> :
>> : Thanks,
>> :
>> :
>> :
>> :
>> : --
>> : Theo van den Heuvel
>> : Van den Heuvel HLT Consultancy
>
>
