Graham Barr wrote:
> I would say it is not always redundant to specify the type on both
> sides
>
> my Dog $dog = Greyhound.new('black');
Sure. But it's the redundant case we were trying to simplify.
>>And, furthermore, that you could easily define special semantics
>>for void-context constructor calls via undef'd but typed variables,
>>so that you could just write:
>>
>> (my Date $date).new('June 25, 2002');
>
> So that would be creating special case syntax for
> a specific case of a general issue.
No. It would be creating special case syntax for
a *special* case of a general issue. ;-)
But I must say I now like Adam's
my Date $date .= new('June 25, 2002');
much more than my own proposal.
Damian
