Re: Polymorphism and Representations (Was: Re: First look: Advanced Polymorphism whitepaper)

[John M. Dlugosz]

TSa Thomas.Sandlass-at-barco.com |Perl 6| wrote:

   multi infix:<=> (Any $lhs, A $rhs)
   {
       $lhs.STORE($rhs.clone); # or .cow if that's not automatic
   }


  $lhs.VAR.STORE.


My readings have been that = just copies the ref.  Unless it's a "value 
type" or "immutable" which just means that it doesn't matter.  I'll have 
to read up on that some more soon.

--John