> Arg! You beat me to it. :-) This was the next RFC on my list.
Nate, if I had known that, I would gladly have let you take the arrows. =^)
> However, nobody should ever have to call something like $n->NUMBER or
> $n->asInt if they don't want to. And they definitely shouldn't have to
> know they exist. You should still be able to write a large Perl script
> without having to even know Perl supports OO at all.
I agree completely.
To clarify: Methods such as 'asInt()' could be ignored at will. If they were
never called, Perl would still Do The Right Thing. So, totally optional, and
(more importantly) invisible.
As I think about this, however, I can imagine that some might want to force
it's use. Perhaps that requirement could be built into a strict pragma, like
'use StrictTypes' ?? I seem to recall an RFC along those lines.
> print $FILEHANDLE @data;
>
> This would try $FILEHANDLE->print, or CORE::print if it doesn't exist.
Same for seek, read, etc.
Also, Scalars could also have a 'toString()' method (or similar), borrowing
from Java.
> commit $firstname # or rollback $firstname
>
> Take your pick.
Surprisingly, I hadn't considered continuing on with the indirect syntax
like that, but it makes total sense. Very cool.
Thanks!
Matt
