Re: RFC 187 (v1) Objects : Mandatory and enhanced second argument to Cbless

2000-09-03 Thread Bart Lateur
On 1 Sep 2000 20:59:10 -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: When omitted, the second argument to Cbless currently defaults to the name of the package from which the call is made. The word "from" doesn't look like it's been used 100% correctly. "Being called from" suggests that it's the name af

Re: RFC 187 (v1) Objects : Mandatory and enhanced second argument to Cbless

2000-09-03 Thread Bart Lateur
On 1 Sep 2000 20:59:10 -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: This RFC proposes that the second argument to Cbless be made mandatory, and that its semantics be enhanced slightly to cover a common, ugly, and frequently buggy usage. Ooh, how about this alternative. There must be an RFC making the

Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly

2000-09-03 Thread Michael Fowler
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 12:42:52PM +0200, Bart Lateur wrote: But now you're throwing away the kid with the bathwater. my Dog $spot; initially was syntax invented so that $spot was marked as only been ably to reference a Dog, with as a result that code internally could be optimized,