On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> I'll have an adjacent cell. I actually like that *better* than $self.
> Let's not stop there though. Perhaps we need "self" and "super" and
> "thisContext". Only half joking... this would solve a lot of the
> hacking issues. self could be a "die
On 8/19/00 4:04 PM, Damian Conway wrote:
> You can have your cake, but not force us to eat it too...
Come, partake of the Loony Cake... :)
> Like $AUTOLOAD, $ME would be dynamically scoped:
>
> package LoonyBin;
>
> sub self {$ME};
>
> sub get_polite_age : method {
> return (self->age >= 40)
>From his padded room, Randal suggested:
> > "John" == John Siracusa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> John> I don't like $ME either, but my alternative is probably even more
> John> blasphemous: use $self.
>
> John> But wait, it gets worse: I'd even be happy with the bar
> "John" == John Siracusa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> I don't like $ME either, but my alternative is probably even more
John> blasphemous: use $self. "It usurps a variable name that has been legal for
John> customer use in prior Perls!" you re-exclaim. Not if it only appears in a
John
On 8/19/00 11:50 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> I actually don't like the literal $ME. It usurps a variable name that
> has been legal for customer use in prior Perls. Why not use something
> more "system-belonging" like %_ or even $_? In fact, "self" in $_ and
> "args" in @_ has a nice symmet
> "Damian" == Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Damian> Don't give alternatives. Give a "these alternatives were considered and
Damian> *rejected*" list. $ME is capitalized (like all "magic" vars), and short.
I actually don't like the literal $ME. It usurps a variable name that
has
