Now:
Declaration Explicit Implicit $_ $?SELF
has $.var | $obj.var \ .var \ ./var \
has $:var | $obj.:var \ .:var \ ./:var \
Consistent:
has $.var \ $obj.var \ .var \ ./var \
has $.:var \ $obj.:var \ .:var \ ./:var \
See it yet? It's about consistency in the whole scheme, not the clarity
of a single element.
(I wouldn't mind if $:var was a shortcut syntax for $.:var, although we
will regret this when we think of an even better purpose for the colon
as a sigil.)
Note that it's not *implicit* $?SELF. "./" is a prefix operator that
calls a method on $?SELF, not an infix operator that when prefixly used
defaults to something. "./" is not like ".+" and friends. It cannot be
used infix, it does not default to anything. Read the two characters as
one.
Juerd
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