Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 08:57:45AM +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
> > So far all I can think of for variable properties are actually compile time
> > properties like constant etc.
> > So I am left wondering how much of an issue this really will be ?
>
> The beautiful and the horrible thing about Perl is that there isn't
> really any such thing as "misuse" of a concept. While properties will
> generally be used for what Damian talks about - sticking an extra bit of
> data onto a value - people will use them to do strange and wonderful
> things as well.
>
> But then, we don't necessarily have to make the semantics particularly
> transparent for pathological cases, because people doing that are
> expected to know what they are doing.
Or pathological. I know which one I'm voting for...
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Piers Cawley
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