On Sat Aug 08 20:44:24 2009, ajs wrote: > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Carl Mäsak <cma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Moritz Lenz (>), Aaron Sherman (via RT) (>>): > > >>> say Str.^methods[0] > > >> sprintf > > >> [...] > > >>> say Str.^methods[0].name > > >> pred > > > > > > Yes, there's a method 'pred'. So what? > > > > I, for one, find that pair of results... surprising. If the method > > object stringifies to its name, shouldn't the above two print the > > same? > > > > > Yes, that was the one that had me scratching my head the most. I was trying > to figure out which usage was correct, and was getting different, but > seemingly "correct" answers. Is the name of this method "sprintf" or "pred" > or am I getting both in some sort of odd quantum super-positioning?
.^methods has had an overhaul in the latest Rakudo and seems sane now...at least: > say Str.^methods[0] e > say Str.^methods[0].name e But also it passes a bunch of tests (S12-introspection/methods.t). So, resolving this ticket. Thanks, Jonathan
