[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: Trey Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> no strict 'refs';
>> my Date $date;
>> $date .= 'Sep 21, 1963';
>>
>>There is a method name there--'Date::Sep 21, 1963'.
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> But that's my point. You wouldn't have to put the method name or the
class
> because the compiler would understand what to call. It would see that
> $date is in the Date class, and 'Sep 21, 1963' is in the String class, so
> it would pretend the statement really reads
>
> $date = Date::new_from_String('Sep 21, 1963');
my Date $date;
$date .= getText("/Transaction/TransactionDTM");
does this call the locally visible function/method "getText", take the
string that results from that, and then does $date =
Date::new_from_String() on the result, or does it try to do
$date = $date.getText("/Transaction/TransactionDTM");
My feeling is the latter.
$date += 4; # $date = $date + 4;
$date -= 4; # $date = $date - 4;
$date *= 4; # $date = $date * 4;
$date .= foo; # $date = #date.foo;
I suspect that, if it makes sense to say
$foo = &$date.method;
then it would also make sense to say
$date .= $foo;
as well.
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