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On 2022-09-16 7:44 a.m., Branislav Zahradník wrote: > IMHO better solution will be to provide namespace specific methods, eg: > Foo::Bar::->*is_loaded > Foo::Bar::->*load > > grammar rule: > NAMESPACE_LITERAL ARROW STAR method > > and so on > > Advantage: > - namespace methods will not pollute namespace for other methods > - namespace methods will always be prefixed with * Is this a situation where we want to start having special syntax for particular method calls? If so, we probably want to look at such a feature more holistically, not just for this use case. I also recall discussions of something similar, specifically adding Raku-like twigils to Perl, was rejected in Corinna design discussions in respect to object attributes. Also, how would this proposed design work in situations where the package name is only known at runtime, such as because it came from a configuration file? -- Darren DuncanThread Previous | Thread Next