> > Are prototypes going to be checked at runtime now?
>
> For methods, at least. Dunno about subs, that's Larry's call. I
> could make a good language case for and against it. It adds
> overhead on sub calls, which is a bad thing generally.
I would strongly like to see a guarantee that any
subroutine/method/multimethod with a parameter list has that parameter
list checked before it is called -- at compile-time if possible; at
run-time, if necessary.
And, in the absence of strong typing (which I suspect will remain the
exception, rather than the norm), run-time parameter list checking seems
inevitable.
Of course, if you can't afford the overhead, you will still be able to
turn the whole process off simply by not giving a subroutine/method a
parameter list.
> (I'd be OK with the declaration "All prototyped subs must have
> their prototypes known before the BEGIN phase is done"... :)
Yeah. Right. That's gonna happen.
;-)
Damian
PS: can we please *not* refer to the Perl 6 parameter lists as "prototypes".
The use of that term causes enough problems in Perl 5.
See: http://dev.perl.org/rfc/128.html#Banishment_of_the_term_prototyp
