On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 04:49:24PM +0100, Carl Mäsak wrote: : I read this line in S02, and was distraught: : : $!foo object attribute private storage (mapped to $foo though) : : I read this as meaning "when you declare $!foo, you will then also be : able to refer to it as $foo". : : Jonathan Worthington pointed out on #perl6 that S12 says the exact opposite: : : has $brain; # also declares $!brain; : : So, which of the following is true? : : (1) The spec is inconsistent on this point, and should be straightened out. : (2) "Mapped to" means the opposite of what I thought, and all is well. : (3) The spec actually doesn't contradict itself, but "mapped to" is : too imprecise a term to use here.
It should have said "mappable". The intent was not to imply that it was the default behavior. You only get the mapping if you declare has $brain, which apparently I hasn't. :) Larry
