Re: RFC 161 (v2) OO Integration/Migration Path

[Nathan Torkington]

Perl6 RFC Librarian writes:
> For example, rather than:
> 
>  my int $intVal = 0;
> 
> you would say:
>  my $intVal = 0;
>  $intVal->asInt;
> Or possibly even:
>  my $invVal->asInt = 0;
> for simplicity.

Do you mean that when we write:

  my int $intVal = 0;

it gets turned into OO stuff?  Or do you mean that we won't be
writing

  my int $intVal = 0;

any more?  I don't like the latter option.  It would seem to require
more typing to allow something that a minority of people will use.

I'd rather than any "variables are represented by objects" magic
be done behind the scenes.  I don't see the advantage of making the
user do all the work.

Nat