On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 03:26:02AM -0000, John M. Dlugosz wrote: : S06 shows how to define named-only parameters, "marked with a prefix :". But no example shows anything more than a bare parameter name. No type is ever given! : : Looking through my copy of STD.pm, I'm baffled, as it seems not to take types in parameter lists at all.
It's at the top of token parameter where there is a <type_constraint>*. : So, is it : method bytes ( Encoding :$encoding ) returns Int : : or : : method bytes ( : Encoding $encoding ) returns Int : : ? : : I'm guessing that the latter would be confused with use of : after the invocant, and it follows that : : method bytes (Encoding :encoding($override_encoding)) returns Int : : would work. Indeed. Larry
