> will perl6 still support the indirect object syntax? i thought it was > going away and that would be: > > Doberman.new
That works too, but the indirect object syntax isn't going away. TMTOWTDI, after all. > also is $_ an lvalue alias (topic) for $spot and $rover? Yep. Only *named* topics default to read-only. > why not use map: > > my Dog ( $spot, $rover ) = map Doberman.new, 1 .. 2 ; Because the meaningless constants make it longer than: $_ = Doberman.new for my Dog ($spot, $rover); > i think it is clearer as to what is happening, we are creating 2 new Dog > objects. To each his own, I guess. > now there is no need for the rw property on $_ Not that there ever was... ;-) > also if that is working code, then my head is getting twisted in the > right direction. :) Looks like. :-) Damian
