> > And, if this is so, then isn't it impossible to have useful
> > stricture about variable properties, because any given
> > reference to a property might be instead a value property
> > unknown to the compiler?
>
> Yes.
So:
You can't have (variable or value) property stricture.
Do these restrictions on property stricture have
spill over effects on method name stricture?
> Though static determinacy is obviously a desirable
> thing... the dynamic power that Perl would have to
> lose [to gain significantly more static determinacy]
> would not compensate for the static benefits gained.
Beautifully understated. :>
> B&D languages
What's B&D?
> I very much doubt Perl is going to become
> significantly more statically analyzable in general.
Of course, static analysis doesn't have to only
happen during a regular compilation pass. I
can imagine the compiler architecture being
such that it aids development of static analysis
tools that take their time to do deep analysis
which blurs the compile/runtime distinction as
far as things like declaration stricture is concerned.
But, where I had my doubts about stricture being
an on topic perl6-language issue, I have none
about static analysis support from the compiler.
So, no more on that here from me...
> Larry's MMV on that ;-)
Man I really need to get up to speed with these
acronyms. I know YMMV, is MMV a distant
cousin perhaps?
