Larry Wall wrote:
> Well, we can't use -> because we're using that for something else.
> But it's certainly true that we'll have to have some mechanism for
> disambiguating Color.green from Blackberry.green. After all,
>
> Blackberry.green == Color.red
>
> Or maybe it's
>
> Blackberry::green == Color::red
[...]
> I don't know the syntax for
> disambiguating on the green end yet. Maybe one of
>
> $foo ~~ Color::green
> $foo ~~ Color.green
> $foo ~~ Color[green]
>
> Or maybe something else.
How about a single colon?
Color:green
This is the same syntax employed in XML namespaces and URIs, for example:
<xml xmlns:color="http://example.com/xml/color.xsd";>
<color:green/>
</xml>
Don't tell me, we can't use : because we're using that for something
else. :-)
Presumably, the parser could be smart enough to entuit the
role on either side of a comparison if the other is specified.
$foo:Color ~~ Color:green
$foo ~~ Color:green # assumes $foo:Color
$foo:Color ~~ green # assumes Color:green
> I'm thinking the ordinary method
>
> $foo.Color
>
> implies
>
> $foo.as(Color)
What if your $foo object has a regular method called Color? Would it
get called in preference?
A
