On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:40:45PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 06:16:06PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote: > : In Java you would write "java.lang.String", naturally, and in Perl > : you'd write "parrot::java::java.lang.String". > > That's okay if it's a string being interpreted by the appropriate > code, but as a Perl 6 name it won't wash. That's gonna try to call > the .lang method on the parrot::java::java class, and the String > method on the result of that. > > (Unless, of course, you define a parrot::java::java macro to mangle > subsequent Perl 6 syntax. But that seems awfully hackish. And the > parrot::java namespace might not let you define the macro there in > the first place...)
Ah, no, it was simply a typo, I meant: parrot::java::java::lang::String Tim.
