On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:41:21PM +0100, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2005, at 5:55, Matt Diephouse wrote:
> >>- perl5: sometimes (via sigil, but $ref_tosub)
> >>- perl6: maybe (sigil is part of the symbol name, but $ref)
> >
> >Functions, variables, and namespaces _are_ separate here. Don't let the
> >fact you can make a variable reference a sub throw you off. They are
> >separate entries in the symbol table and separate entities.
>
> How so?
>
> our $a;
> sub foo { sub {1} }
> $a = foo();
$a is a variable here, not a subroutine. Full stop.
The fact that $a is holding a value that, when properly dereferenced, points
to a subroutine, is of no import. (No pun intended. :-)) The fact that
Perl 5 makes it somewhat easy, and Perl 6 makes it dead easy, to do that
dereferencing operation, is also of no import.
> This all doesn't really preclude parrot support for split namespaces,
> but I really see not much use for it, as most languages (that need) it,
> know how do deal with it (e.g. Perl6: store the sigil with the name).
The point is to support exporting from a unified-namespace language to a
split-namespace language, and vice versa.
Are there any issues with the current spec that prevent its implementation?
--
Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
