--- Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Larry wrote:
> > I'm trying to remember why it was that we didn't always make the
> first
> > argument of any sub the topic by default. I think it had to do
> with
> > the assumption that a bare block should not work with a copy of $_
> from
> > the outside.
>
> I dug through the archives. We were considering allowing dynamic
> scoping
> of $_ across subroutine calls (for backward compatibility with p5),
> so
> we delayed any final call on whether subs topicalize their first
> argument. We've pretty much resolved the first: such an abuse of
> lexical
> scope should be explicitly marked.
>
> For consistency, I think the first argument of subs should be the
> topic by
> default.
For methods, will that be the invocant or the first other parameter?
$string.toLanguage("french")
Topic is $string, or "french" ?
=Austin
