Re: 'is' and action at a distance

[Graham Barr]

On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 10:36:59PM -0400, John Siracusa wrote:
> > print keys $foo.prop;           # prints "NumberHeard"
> > print values $foo.prop;         # prints "loneliestever"

This is an example of one of my concerns about namespace overlap
with methods. What would happen if there was a method called prop ?
Have we basically said that there cannot be a method called prop ?

Personally I would rather see something other than . for accessing
properties. As things stand the functionality of a working
program can be completely changed/broken by defining a sub that
conflicts with a property.

Graham.