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

[Matt Youell]

> Great. My point I was trying to drive at was that:
>
>    my int $x = 5;
>
> Could turn around and do something different than asInt(). All stores

Got it. And sure, why not? Pay the overhead when you absolutely need to, and
no sooner. The core idea (for me) is to avoid wasting resources on a
meta-type if you don't need to. So an int gets stored as two bytes and not
four or eight. This way you wouldn't have to convert *to* meta and then
*from* meta format. Essentially, if you say what you mean, Perl will work
better for you. And DWIM is always there to back you up, if need be.

(I know you get this -- I just want to spell it out better so that no one
misunderstands my intent.)

And to clarify further for others: this would be *strictly voluntary*. Perl
can still do all the work for you if you want!


> At the very least we know there's two crazy people on this list!

At least until my meds kick in!


Matt