Nathan Wiger wrote:
> Bart Lateur wrote:
> > Why interpolate "$obj->method" and not "Class->method"?
>
> This is a decent point worth considering.
>
> I think another way to look at it which is more accurrate is that -> is
> special in many cases already:
>
> /$foo->{blah}/ # -> special
> /$foo->[blah]/ # -> special
> /$foo->blah/ # not special?
>
> In fact, I would argue this last one not working is quite surprising.
> Why not simply make -> always special, and have you \escape it if you
> want to use it explicitly?
>
> /$foo->blah/ # -> special, calls blah
> /Class->blah/ # ditto
> /$foo\->blah/ # escaped, not special
for the middle of the above example, what happens when
package Class;
package lass;
package ass;
package ss;
/Class->blah/ then becomes pretty ambiguous.
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