On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 11:41:23AM +0800, Autrijus Tang wrote: : Juerd informed me today that .method should still means $_.method. : : However, for the OO modules we're writing, there still needs to be a way : to invoke methods on the current invocant, when the invocant name has : been omitted from the method() declaration. : : Currently Pugs has: : : $?SELF.method : ^method : : Is any of the two forms considered canonical? Or is there some other : alternatives?
At the moment $?SELF is the only canonical form, though the invocant is also in $_ at least until it's rebound. Any other forms will probably involve a pragma or macro, since there is no consensus on a shortcut. Larry
