On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 01:59:53PM -0700, Dave Whipp wrote:
> Ovid wrote:
>
>> I'd like to see something like this (or whatever the equivalent Perl 6
>> syntax would be):
>>
>> class PracticalJoke does Bomb does SomeThingElse {
>> method fuse() but overrides { ... }
>> }
>>
>> The "overrides" tells Perl 6 that we're overriding the fuse() method
> > from either Bomb or SomeThingElse (or both). Otherwise, a warning
> > or exception would be useful to prevent me from accidentally overriding
> > needed behavior.
>
> This would also be useful to catch the case where you mistype the
> override method, and so have to go debug why you're still using the
> base-class (or role) version of the method.
Note we already have syntax that can be applied here:
supersede method fuse {...}
augment method fuse {...}
It only remains to spec what those mean... :)
Larry
