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From:
Piers Cawley
Date:
April 10, 2002 21:33
Subject:
Re: Unary dot
Message ID:
m23cy226vd.fsf@bofh.org.uk
Luke Palmer <fibonaci@babylonia.flatirons.org> writes:
>> > $.foo
>>
>> It's already defined as an instance variable.
>
> I don't think I like that. Instance variables are far more common that
> class variables, so why not just $foo, and you could use a compile-time
> property for class variables. Like C<is private> as discussed. That or
> C<is static>. I think the latter makes more sense.
Ah, but I think the mnemonic value of the '.' more than earns its keep
here. C<our $foo is private> is doing a slightly different job
anyway. And instance variables are *not* the same as 'normal'
variables, they hang off a different symbol table (or syte, to use
Damian's oh so clever term from Perl 5+i) and I'm all for things that
are different *looking* different.
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
-- Jane Austen?
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