On Thu Dec 18 09:52:52 2008, masak wrote:
> <masak> rakudo: class Base { has $.foo }; class Deriving is Base {};
> say Deriving.new( :foo(5) ).foo()
> <p6eval> rakudo 34068: OUTPUT[You passed an initialization parameter
> that does not have a matching attribute. [...]
> <TimToady> and in general, it's not an error to pass unrecognized
> initializers
> <masak> TimToady: oh!
> <TimToady> since each class will assume it was intended for a
> different class
> <masak> _two_ rakudobugs. :)
> * masak files
> <TimToady> and we want to allow scope for people splitting classes
> without having to redo initializers
> <TimToady> refactoring++
It works in recent rakudo:
$ ../../parrot perl6.pbc -e 'class Base { has $.foo }; class Deriving is
Base {}; say Deriving.new( :foo(5) ).foo()'
5
So ticket can be closed.
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Bacek
