Re: trait and properties thru getter/setters

2005-05-13 Thread Stéphane Payrard
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 06:37:50PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is syntax to define trait and properties but is there an API? my $b = eval '$a but true'; # setting a true property # API to do it without an eval? I don't understand why you think you need the eval here?

Re: trait and properties thru getter/setters

2005-05-13 Thread Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon
On 5/13/05, Stéphane Payrard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is syntax to define trait and properties but is there an API? my $b = eval '$a but true'; # setting a true property # API to do it without an eval? My question is more generic than my example. I may not know at

Re: trait and properties thru getter/setters

2005-05-13 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 12:26:22PM -0700, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote: : Well, the value's pretty easy--just pass in a variable: : : my $b = $a is foo($bar); As we currently have it, that is not legal syntax. is may only be applied to declarations. You must use does or but to mixin

Re: trait and properties thru getter/setters

2005-05-13 Thread Stéphane Payrard
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 12:31:09PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 12:26:22PM -0700, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote: : Well, the value's pretty easy--just pass in a variable: : : my $b = $a is foo($bar); As we currently have it, that is not legal syntax. is may only

Re: trait and properties thru getter/setters

2005-05-13 Thread Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon
On 5/13/05, Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 12:26:22PM -0700, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote: : my $b = $a is foo($bar); As we currently have it, that is not legal syntax. is may only be applied to declarations. Sorry, think-o. I meant 'but' in my examples

Re: trait and properties thru getter/setters

2005-05-13 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 12:56:19PM -0700, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote: : Should I construe the fact that you didn't comment on the ::() to mean : that the symref syntax works here? Offhand I don't see any reason for it not to. Larry

Re: trait and properties thru getter/setters

2005-05-13 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 09:40:51PM +0200, Stéphane Payrard wrote: : And what about the getter part of my question? :) A12 discusses the relationship of traits and properties in great detail. Any trait's metadata can be stored as properties at compile time, and such metadata can be retrieved as