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>>> $foo.method();
>>>
>>> same as
>>>
>>> $foo->method();
Tom> It's a perennial *Active*State* request. They want it so they can
Tom> simplify their documentation for *Micro*Soft* interfaces, since
Tom> "everybody else" uses dots.
Is it just me, or are these two not supposed to be the same in the C++
world anyway? Just as these are distinct in C++:
foo.method()
foo->method()
Technically, were Perl to adopt such a syntax, I would expect it to look
more like:
$$foo.method()
$foo->method()
unless the proposed syntax includes blessing non-reference scalars as
objects. And that, I would argue against almost to the point of fanaticism.
I can't imagine the above syntax would make the AS Perl any more
MS-friendly in the least bit.
Randy
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