On 10/29/01 4:38 PM, Larry Wall wrote:
> : > I'm quite curious to see what the initialization syntax will be like.
> :
> : class Demo {
> : my $foo;
> : my $bar;
> :
> : method INIT ( $fooval, $barval) {
> : $foo = $fooval;
> : $bar = $barval;
> : }
> :
> : method foo is lvalue {
> : return $foo;
> : }
> : }
>
> Ick. I don't want to lose the dots that visually distinguish instance
> variables from ordinary lexicals, and simultaneously render the extra
> bracketing and indentation unnecessary.
Yeah, that Java-like nesting must have slipped by me earlier. (Maybe I just
read it as Java? ;) I definitely like this better:
> class Demo;
>
> my $.foo is public;
> my $.bar;
>
> method INIT ($fooval, $barval)
> {
> $.foo = $fooval;
> $.bar = $barval;
> }
(sorry, couldn't help fixing the braces... ;)
-John
