> my Date $date .= new('June 25, 2002');
If we're assuming that C<my Date $date> creates an C<undef but isa(Date)>
object, then that object should be able to overload its assignment operator.
I don't know what the perl6 syntax will be, but something along the lines of
class Date
{
method operator= ($value is rx/<std_date>/)
{
unless (defined $self)
{
$self = .new()
}
$.year = $value{year};
$.month = $value{month};
# etc.
}
};
should cover it, assuming it is "valid" style for a variable to act as a
value rather than an object-reference.
Dave.
