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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:51 PM, D Perrett <perrettdl@googlemail.com> wrote: > > object methods. Would we be better with a syntax for builtin methods? > > $arrayRef->>flatten; > $hashRef->>flatten; Rik said "no autoboxing" anyway, but just to complete the thought, I think that "methods on references" and "methods on objects" could coexist. If a programmer doesn't know whether they have a reference or an object, it's up to them to sort it out. Objects should be opaque. Rather than ->> I'd prefer to just see it done with CORE, if that could be made to work, so it's similar to ordinary superclass method calling. $maybe_object->CORE::flatten; If we had core classes for containers and if references were objects this would all be a lot easier, but that ship has probably sailed. David -- David Golden <xdg@xdg.me> Take back your inbox! → http://www.bunchmail.com/ Twitter/IRC: @xdgThread Previous | Thread Next