Piers Cawley skribis 2004-07-12 12:20 (+0100):
> method postcircumfix:[] is rw { ... }
Compared to Ruby, this is very verbose.
def [] (key)
...
end
# Okay, not entirely fair, as the Ruby version would also
# need []= defined for the rw part.
Could methods like "[]" and "{}" *default* to "postcircumfix:"?
Array-/Hash-like access is very natural for many objects and I think
deserves simplified syntax.
method [] ($index) { .item $index }
method {} ($key) { .arg $key }
(And I'm assuming <<>> will be a method of Object that uses
self.postcircumfix:{}.)
Perhaps by making this popular, we can get rid of AUTOLOAD junkies ;)
Juerd
