>>>>> "AS" == Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AS> On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 22:51, Uri Guttman wrote: >> >>>>> "LW" == Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> LW> multi sub opensocket ( LW> Str +$mode = 'rw', LW> Str +$encoding = 'auto', LW> Str [EMAIL PROTECTED]) returns IO; >> >> and how will that support async (non-blocking) connects? or listen >> sockets? AS> This is why named aliases for constructors are a bad idea. Nice theory, AS> but bad idea. i am in agreement there. but i am advocating for a proper set of args for socket connections regardless of the name of the sub/method. it could even be in io() provided there is a way to note it is a socket connect/listen and also pass it named args. larry already agreed with the named arguments point. AS> Unless the language allows us to specify that a sub IS an alias for a AS> constructor, e.g.: AS> sub opensocket := IO::Socket.new; AS> Why? Because IO::Socket.new takes parameters that are built out of its AS> entire inheritance tree, so a change to IO::Handle might radically AS> modify the signature of the constructor. makes sense. we should look at the p5 IO:: tree and see what we want to salvage/savage from it as well as io::all. each has its good and bad points and hopefully we can figure out which is which. :) uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
