On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 06:29:46PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> print $pw;
This resulting in a $pw->SCALAR method call is confusing. $pw is not being
evaluated in scalar context.
> print $pw;
> print scalar $pw;
These resulting in a $pw->STRINGIFY or $pw->TO_STRING call is also
confusing; neither are being used as strings.
Also, what happens when you assign to a scalar?
$foo = $pw;
Is $foo now a string, or an object? Your original RFC dictated it must be
used as "$pw" or "@list_of_pws" to get the special behaviour.
I think it would be neat to have perl call such a method, but I don't think
it should have semantics that are above and beyond what the current use
overload q{""} => \&sub does. As such, it should be named with something
relating to strings, such as TO_STRING (the typical method name used for
overloading), or STRINGIFY.
Michael
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