Edwin Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In my opinion Perl lacks (at least partially) some features which
> I consider important for scripting languages:
>
> * elimination of pointers (If I want to spend my time considering how
> many dereference operators to use I'll go for ***C++).
> I'm aware, however, that switching from variable assignment to
> name binding (like in Python or Scheme) is a very fundamental change
> and therefore not an issue for perl6 (or is it?).
Please ghod no. There was once a perl without pointers, and it was
perl < 5. And I'd walk a very long way barefoot over broken glass
before I went back to programming in perl 4 now we have perl 5.
> * no need to declare variables: I think variables should be
> lexically scoped by default, without having to think about and write
> all those 'my's.
I'd like to see that as a pragma:
no need_for_my
Et voila, all variables are lexical by default, and you run the risk
of typoing. But -w should spot that for you.
> * convenient handling of structured data/records/objects with
> attributes: I'm referring to what you can do (for example) with
> Python instances: foo.member = bar
> I guess I'm not the only one who prefers this to
> $$foo{'member'} = $bar (which of course has nothing to do
> with $foo{'member'} = $bar).
Personally I like $foo->{member}, it's explicit and it does what you
need. Again, this is merely personal, but I find the
object.with.lots.of.dots = "Bloody annoying" style to be, well, bloody
annoying.
--
Piers
