Re: How to implement both object->method and module::function interface?

2000-08-14 Thread John Berthels
[Graham Barr wrote] > So what do most people think > > 1. OK > 2. Choose one > 3. Have both, but in separate modules > > Someone should probably write an RFC if it is to be either 2 or 3 [this isn't an RFC but...] I would imagine that having a policy that stdlib is all OO or all non-OO would u

Re: How to implement both object->method and module::function interface?

2000-08-16 Thread John Berthels
> There has been some suggestion of perl not putting the object in the argument > list when calling a method, but instead having a special var. > > If that happens we should be able to test the special var for defined-ness > to determine how we were called. > > Just a thought. Perl RFC97 sugge

Re: perl 5.6.0 stdlib stats

2000-09-11 Thread John Berthels
> Alongside giving consistent APIs I think perl6 should also give consistent > documentation format. Are there any proposals to add per-argument markup to POD so that these could be generated automatically? (Even in the 'locally preferred style' if necessary). jb