On 2/24/06, Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No. One of the available TRAITS is C<returns RETTYPE>. So you can always
> specify a "postfix" return type, even without a declarator:
>
> sub data() returns Str {...}
>
> The declarator is only needed if you want to "prefix" your return type
> (presumably because you're pining for C/C++ ;-):
>
> our Str sub data() {...}
Didn't we decide that:
our Str sub foo() {...}
Was equivalent to:
our sub foo(--> Str) {...}
But not to:
our sub foo() returns Str {...}
?
Come to think of it, that seems backwards. After all, aren't:
my Foo $x;
my $x of Foo;
Equivalent?
Come to think of it, it's probably a bad idea to have a distinction at all.
Luke
