First off, nice job Damian. This is the type of want() I've always
want()ed (excuse the pun). :-)
The one thing that isn't directly addressed (or maybe it is and I missed
it) is how to figure out whether something wants an *generic* object or
not.
For example, right now I'm writing the localtime() RFC, and I think it
would be really cool if want() could somehow distinguish between these:
$date = localtime(); # scalar date
$obj = localtime(); # localtime obj
That way, you would be able to get the scalar $date, as well as an $obj
that would let you get $obj->year directly.
This mentions that somewhat:
> =item I<Classname>
>
> The subroutine was called in a context that would like to see an object of the named
> class returned:
>
> my Dog $spot = func(); # want 'Dog' returns true
but doesn't seem to mention the generic case; i.e., when you just want
"a class, any class" (i.e, as the return from a new()).
I was thinking (this is pre-alpha brainstorming) that one might be able
to overload ref() as the generic case in an LVALUE:
my ref $obj = localtime();
Any ideas? Or did I miss something in the RFC?
Thanks,
Nate
