Re: "$!foo mapped to $foo", say what?

2009-02-24 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 04:49:24PM +0100, Carl Mäsak wrote: : I read this line in S02, and was distraught: : : $!foo object attribute private storage (mapped to $foo though) : : I read this as meaning "when you declare $!foo, you will then also be : able to refer to it as $foo". : : Jo

"$!foo mapped to $foo", say what?

2009-02-24 Thread Carl Mäsak
I read this line in S02, and was distraught: $!foo object attribute private storage (mapped to $foo though) I read this as meaning "when you declare $!foo, you will then also be able to refer to it as $foo". Jonathan Worthington pointed out on #perl6 that S12 says the exact opposite: