How about
use Baz; # assume object type
my property foo;
my @bar of Baz is false but foo; # maybe not what you meant?
If you apply a trait like false to an array, I expect it to apply to the
"array instance object" itself and not the content, so that
push @bar, Baz.new();
if @bar { print "stuff"; } else { print "empty"; } # oops! false!
if @bar[0] { print " oops"; } else { print " ok"; } # oops! not false!
would print "empty oops" instead of "stuff ok".
I'd *like* to be able to predeclare a trait or property to be distributed
across any values placed in this array, but only this array. For example, it
would be nice if I could have the default aspects of false and foo be
applied to any Baz that gets stuck into @bar, but obviously this isn't the
syntax to do it. I could make Baz's new() do it, but I don't want *ALL* Baz
objects to be false and foo...just the ones in @bar. So, what I need is
something more like
my @bar of Baz;
@bar.STORE.wrap { my $r = call; return $r >>but=<< (false,foo); }
But I'm not sure C<$r >>but=<< (false,foo)> works, and I really wanted to
figure out a way to do it all in the declaration. Maybe it could be
my @bar of Baz will do STORE.wrap { call >>but=<< (false,foo); }
but I'm not sure call will behave as an lvalue and still set up the
appropriate return, I don't expect @bar to accept "will do", and I don't
think "will do" is where the wrap should go. I'm just trying to wrap my
brain around this brick and I can't find all the references that tell me all
the little pieces so that I can compare them for a closer approximation,
lol....
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