On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 03:01:38PM +1000, Damian Conway wrote: > > Also, what's the difference between a 'property' and an > > 'attribute', ie, are: > > > > $fh is true; > > > > and > > > > $fh.true(1); > > > > synonyms? > > No. The former means: > > "Set the true property to 1 and return an alias to $fh" > > The latter means: > > "Attempt to call the C<true> method of $fh. If there is no such > method, set the true property to 1 and return that value" This is something that concerns me. There is no real separation between methods and properties. I can see it causing problems due to them sharing namespaces. But I have not thought about it enough to say how much of a concern. Graham.
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