> > method f ($self : $a) { ... } > > sub f ($a) is given ($line) { ... } > > > > what do you call $self > > The "invocant". > > > and $line? > > A lexical variable that happens to be > bound to the caller's topic.
The "invokit" perhaps? > placeholders create subroutines, not methods. Oh. Are placeholders only usable with anonymous subs, or named subs too? Switching briefly to currying, can one curry a method? -- ralph