Re: RFC 49 (v1) Objects should have builtin string SCALA

[Peter Scott]

At 11:36 PM 8/6/00 +0000, you wrote:
>I suggest that objects provide a default method called C<SCALAR> that
>determines what they produce in a scalar context. When stringified, an
>object would automatically call its C<SCALAR> function and return the
>correct value.

I don't see in here how an object tells the difference between being in 
scalar context and being in string context.

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't see what's wrong with

use overload '""' => sub { $_[0]->to_string };

for anything that wants to take such a relatively odd action.
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies