Moritz writes:
>> Objects that you can't do that with don't make sense to be serialized and so
>> .perl can reasonably refuse to work on them.
>
> method perl {
> die "Can't serialize objects of type $?CLASS, because ...";
> }
Sure. But now the cautious programmer has to add that to *every* class
hierarchy.
So we start to see endless variations on:
role ProperlyEncapsulated { method perl {die} }
class MyClass does ProperlyEncapsulated {...}
class AnotherClass does ProperlyEncapsulated {...}
class YetAnotherClass does ProperlyEncapsulated {...}
which would be a sad indictment on Perl 6's otherwise brilliant OO model
(and will encourage all the OO bully languages to publicly kick sand
in our face).
> My proposal: the default .perl method should only spit out value for
> public attributes, ie those that have accessors.
I'd be happy with that.
> Maybe .new should also default to his behavior.
I'd be happy with that too.
>> Then Damian's position (which I support) is supported and so are monkeys.
>
> Ook ook!
"Apes! I meant apes!!!" ;-)
> Moritz
> (who actually writes Perl 6 code on a nearly daily basis).
Damian
(who does too)
