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On 12/21/2017 11:45 PM, Father Chrysostomos wrote:
> Sawyer X wrote:
>> On 12/14/2017 06:10 AM, Father Chrysostomos wrote:
>>> Paul Evans wrote:
>>>> Ah; in that case I guess the only real option is to allow :lvalue
>>>> upfront, before the signature then.
>>>>
>>>> sub foo :lvalue ($self) { $self->{foo} }
>>> Yes. I this is my (and Zefram's) preferred syntax, because it
>>> stresses the fact that the signature is actually part of body, just
>>> written shorthand.
>> This is simpler to resolve. We can allow subroutine attributes before
>> and after.
> But what do we do with attributes that affect compilation? Should we
> croak when the attribute is seen after the signature? That would be
> the cleanest way I think.
One way. And it might be the cleanest. (Other than moving the signatures
past attributes.)
>
>> The biggest problem is disambiguating from prototypes.
> I consider that problem already solved, via the :prototype attribute.
What Zefram said.
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