Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

2000-08-05 Thread Johan Vromans
"Kyle R . Burton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: use self = 'self'; use self = 'this'; Of course, if you _really_ want to avoid religious wars, you would need a non-selfish pragma name in the first place. -- Johan

Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

2000-08-04 Thread skud
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 01:36:02AM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: it looks like typechecking and named params should fork off into a subs subgroup. all of you with an itch to write an rfc, here is your chance. Anyone want to put their hand up as a chair of such a sublist? Damian's got the closest

Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

2000-08-04 Thread Hildo Biersma
Damian Conway wrote: One of my many RFCs will include a proposal for a $SELF variable along those lines. Before it's too late - please, don't impose either '$self' or '$this', but make this a per-module choice. I deal with people of both these religions... Hildo

Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

2000-08-04 Thread Andy Wardley
Before it's too late - please, don't impose either '$self' or '$this', but make this a per-module choice. I deal with people of both these religions... What about '$me'? It ties in nicely with 'my' (although perhaps for the wrong reasons), it's half as much typing as 'self' or 'this' and

Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

2000-08-04 Thread Damian Conway
What about '$me'? It ties in nicely with 'my' (although perhaps for the wrong reasons), it's half as much typing as 'self' or 'this' and we get to annoy both sets of religious zealots at once. :-)= You took the words right out of my...err...fingers! Although, of course, it will

Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

2000-08-04 Thread Kyle R . Burton
One of my many RFCs will include a proposal for a $SELF variable along those lines. Why not allow for the choice of the name of self, perhaps through a pragma? use self = 'self'; use self = 'this'; or something along those lines -- since it's currently up to the devleoper anyway. Somethign

Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

2000-08-04 Thread Damian Conway
One of my many RFCs will include a proposal for a $SELF variable along those lines. Why not allow for the choice of the name of self, perhaps through a pragma? use self = 'self'; use self = 'this'; or something along those lines -- since it's currently up