On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 12:55:26PM -0400, Nathan Gray wrote:
: So long as .foo (pretty please) means $_.foo all the time (with sugar on
: top?).
It means that all the time, but only when unambiguous. If you say
use dot;
it'll always be construed as unambigous. You could go so far as to
say
method foo($x) {
my $y = .bar; # $_ is self call because $_ := $?SELF
given $y { use dot; # "yes I know what I'm doing"
when 1 { .abc } # calls $y.abc
when 2 { .bcd } # calls $y.bcd
}
.baz; # back to self.baz
}
It's a little klunky but does localize the override rather visibly.
Doubtless people will generally put the "use dot" at the front though.
Larry
