Re: RFC 48 (v1) Replace localtime() and gmtime() with da

[Damian Conway]

   > On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 01:41:06PM -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
   > >
   > >   $scalar  =  date;     # scalar ctime date, same as current
   > >   $object  =  date;     # object with accessor functions (new)
   > 
   > How are these distinguished?

If $object is typed (my Date $object), then want() will be able to detect the
difference.

Damian