On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Juerd wrote: > Dave Whipp skribis 2005-07-13 8:44 (-0700): > > > Within a method or submethod, C<.method> only works when C<$_ =:= > > > $?SELF>. > > >C<.method> is perfectly legal on *any* topic anywhere that $?SELF > > >doesn't exist. > > Just to be clear, this includes any method/submethod with an explicitly > > named invocant, I hope. > > No, $?SELF exists in every method. It's not the *default* invocant > variable, it's the *always there* invocant variable. There is no default > variable anywhere in the language that isn't $_.
Actually I took his question to be: If I explicitly name my invocant in the method signature, does that give the compiler enough assurance that I'm not going to use .method to mean $?SELF.method, and it will allow me to safely use .method as $_.method in for and given? ~ John Williams
