>From page 7:
> In any event, strings are reserved for other object layouts. We could
> conceivably have things like:
>
> return $class.bless("Cstruct", *%_);
>
> So as it happens, 0 is short for the layout "P6opaque".
I feel like "we" have pretty well staked out the letters p-e-r-l, but
anything else is still up for grabs. (I think I brought this up before on
the internals list regarding the PL_ prefix.)
The C language probably has a good claim on "C", but I think it's unwise for
us try to squat on P\d+, especially when this is such a rare use (first arg
to bless) and three extra characters are not the end of the world. What
happens in 5 years when the super-popular "P6" language starts sweeping the
nation? Oops. Also, "Perl6" makes for better documentation than "P6".
So, how about "Perl6opaque" (or "Perl6Opaque"), just to be safe :)
-John
