TSa wrote: > The 'is rw' is on the method but I guess it is foreseen that the > result is stored in $string without preserving the identity of the > string?
No. It means that the Str object has to get hold of the container in which it is stored, and store a modified copy in it. If that fails (for example in "abc".substr(0, 1) = "foo", where "abc" isn't in a container at all) the write operation will fail. > my $a = "His name is barney"; > my $b = $a; > > $a ~~ /(barney)/; > substr($a, $0.from, $0.to) = "fred"; > > say $b; # prints fred? No, the match object needs to be bound to the value (which is immutable) unless the :rw modifier is present. > If substr should get access to the container passed as argument then > the signature should read > > our Str multi method substr (Str $string is rw: StrPos $start, > Int $length) is rw is export > > and the docu should say that the result is written into the container > passed in the invocant slot. But the 'is rw' on the invocant has the > drawback that calling with a string literal is precluded. Makes sense to me. (The Int should really be StrLen, but that's only a minor glitch). That said, much of S29 needs some loving care... Moritz -- Moritz Lenz http://moritz.faui2k3.org/ | http://perl-6.de/
