On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 09:24:47AM +0200, TSa wrote:
> HaloO,
>
> Larry Wall wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:29:23PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> : my Dog $spot = .new();
>> : : to
>> : : my $Spot = Dog.new();
>> : : when you remove the declaration.
>>
>> You'd also break multiple dispatch rather badly...
>
> Sorry, why that? Isn't the dispatch on the dynamic type
> of the value stored in $spot?
Sure, but there are still meaningful declarations involved:
multi foo (Dog $d) {...}
multi foo (Hog $d) {...}
multi foo (Cat $d) {...}
multi foo (Rat $d) {...}
multi foo (Bat $d) {...}
If you remove those declarations the program breaks completely.
Larry
