On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 04:47:49PM +0200, TSa wrote: > OK, let's play some manual type inferencing ;)
Note that $spot here is intended to be dynamic typed, i.e. not subject to inference. :-) > > my $spot = Dog; > > $spot.does(Item of Dog), that means what ever the name Dog represents > was stored or bound to $spot. Right, except $spot can later hold other non-Dog values as well, as it is dynamically typed by default... > > defined($spot); # false!? > > true! Even for my $spot = ::Dog because when my is evaluated the > name ::Dog has be be bound, AUTOLOADED or by whatever means become > available. I agree, with exactly the same logic. However, Larry somehow thought that defined(Dog) is false, which should lead defined($spot) is false as well. I still can't quite grasp this idea. :) Thanks, /Autrijus/
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