On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 05:02:48PM +0100, Jonathan Worthington wrote: : Would that not be:- : : say "Basename is $(str.subst(rx|.*/|, ''))" : : I thought when you were interpolating method calls you had to put brackets : $(object.meth), so that you could still write things like:- : : $fh = open "$id.txt"; # OK, maybe my open syntax isn't right : : Or is it that you can do:- : : say "$object.meth()"; : : But not:- : : say "$object.meth"; : : And the later (...) distinguish that we are doing a method call? : : Or am I completely wrong? :-)
No, just currently wrong. :-) I changed my mind about it in A12, partly on the assumption that $object.attr would actually be more common than $file.ext, but also because a bogus method call is likely to be noticed sooner than bad output data, and because noticing goofs sooner rather than later is often construed to be a good thing. (Though this attitude can be taken to extremes--see static typing.) Larry
