I have a question/request concerning perl6 object properties. I've done some work with .NET and They have come up with a really slick way to handle object properties.
A typical property definition in VB.NET looks like: Public Property propertyName() As String Get return aString End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) ' set value End Set End Property You can use it like this: oObj.description = sDescr ' calls setter sDescr = oObj.description ' calls getter This allows proper encapsulation of object properties while providing a very clean interface. A corollary feature is that properties can map to arbitrary values. I've written object property definitions that read and write directly to relational databases, and Ive written read only properties that abstract XPath queries to config files. My main interest in the feature is using the assignment operator to assign to object properties. I posted a question to CLPM on how to do this with perl5 and we decided to use an 'lvalue' attribute on the subroutine and then make the returned lvalue in the sub a tied variable to intercept read/writes: http://groups.google.com/groups?th=5489106ee6715c8e It works, but its obviously slow and can get confusing for anything moderately complex. I just thought I would share this and see if anything similar can fit in the perl6 OO syntax. Todd W.