On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 22:51, Uri Guttman wrote: > >>>>> "LW" == Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LW> multi sub opensocket ( > LW> Str +$mode = 'rw', > LW> Str +$encoding = 'auto', > LW> Str [EMAIL PROTECTED]) returns IO; > > and how will that support async (non-blocking) connects? or listen > sockets?
This is why named aliases for constructors are a bad idea. Nice theory, but bad idea. Unless the language allows us to specify that a sub IS an alias for a constructor, e.g.: sub opensocket := IO::Socket.new; Why? Because IO::Socket.new takes parameters that are built out of its entire inheritance tree, so a change to IO::Handle might radically modify the signature of the constructor. -- Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith "It's the sound of a satellite saying, 'get me down!'" -Shriekback