Steve Canfield wrote: > I was under the impression that compile time properties, like runtime > properties, can be arbitrarily invented and/or assigned.
Yes, but not purely lower-case ones. They're reserved for Perl 6 itself. (i.e. only Larry can invent/assign them ;-) > If that is > correct, why would "my $var is true", meaningless though it is, > result in a compile time error? Because it's lower-case, but not a standard built-in property. > If my perception was incorrect, what > was the logic behind the decision that compile time properties must > be part of a predefined set, There is no such requirement. Indeed, there will almost certainly be possible to define an <is True> property yourself (note the capitalization). And it could quite easily cause any value assigned to it to be ascribed C<but true>. Damian
