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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:28 PM, chromatic <chromatic@wgz.org> wrote:
> * grabbing the optree *already generated* for the body of the sub
> * creating a new lexical $self binding in that optree
> * rummaging through every variable access in that entire optree to find $self,
> if it exists
This is why I was pondering a "self" keyword. If it could access the
right reference at runtime you wouldn't need to worry about the
existing bindings.
Imagine:
* method { ... } somehow marks the subroutine body as a method
* dispatch to such a marked method doesn't put the invocant in @_
but puts it "somewhere else" (big hand-waving here)
* keyword self retrieves invocant from wherever it got put
I leave it to people who know the guts in detail to explain why that
is doomed to fail. :-)
-- David
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