Re: RFC - Interpolation of method calls

2000-09-14 Thread Nick Ing-Simmons
ring that this is worth considering. > >Work arounds abound: print $weather->report; being the one I like best - avoids the un-meritted assumption it will be sunny ;-) -- Nick Ing-Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.

Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly

2000-09-02 Thread Nick Ing-Simmons
than FGS *call* a > > > constructor. Maybe you can reduce the syntax necessary to do that, but > > > please don't do it behind our backs. > > > > Well then, that's one nay vote. :) > >Make that two. Three. -- Nick Ing-Simmons

Re: RFC 159 (v1) True Polymorphic Objects

2000-08-30 Thread Nick Ing-Simmons
Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >BTW, this is not just theoretical yearnings. I have written three modules >in the past year that do not work as well as they could, simply because it >is not possible to overload && and ||. > >Damian I have one

Re: RFC 95 (v2) Object Classes

2000-08-22 Thread Nick Ing-Simmons
'mixin' class Tk::Wm which is used as a prefix to the @ISA list of widgets which are "toplevels" and thus should respond to methods relating to the "Window Manager". These "mixin" classes typically add extra methods which are defined in terms of meth

Re: RFC 137 (v1) Overview: Perl OO should I be fundamentally changed.

2000-08-22 Thread Nick Ing-Simmons
e bottom of your tree ;-) -- Nick Ing-Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.