Hello everybody,
first of all please forgive me if I'm using the wrong words - I'm not up to
date about the (current) meanings of methods, functions, etc.
I read the article
http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=8042/cuj0002meyers/
There is stated (short version - read article for details):
In C++ there are member functions, which are called via
object.member(parameter),
and non-member (possibly friend) function, which are called via
function(object,parameter).
I wondered whether perl6 could do both:
- When called via object.member, look for a member function; if it is not
found, look for a function with this name, which takes an object as first
parameter.
- When called the other way, look first for the function, then for a member.
So both ways are possible, and in the (not-interfering) normal situation (only
one of member/function defined) it would support encapsulation, in that a
caller does not need to know if this function was a member or not.
I fear that I'm on a completly wrong track, or that this has been decided -
but I didn't find something about this.
Regards,
Phil
