-- On Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:26:08 Damian Conway wrote: >Erik Steven Harrison wrote: > > >> Is it just me or is the 'is' property syntax a little >> too intuitive? Seems like everywhere I turn, the >> proposed syntax to solve a problem is to apply a >> property. > >That's because most of the problems we're discussing are solved >by changing the semantics of a variable, subroutine, or class >in some way, and C<is> properties are the way to do that in Perl 6. > > > > And is the is/but distinction still around? > >Oh, yes.
Thanks goodness. > > >> Since but's proposal I've not seen any use of it, and >> the distinction between a compile time and run time >> property was somewhat hazy to me anyway, so I can't be >> sure that it's dead or just of rare use. > >Of rare use (nice turn of phrase, BTW). Thanks. But still, what counts as a runtime property, other than true or false, as in the delightful '0 but true'? What other kind of runtime labels can I slap on a value? -Erik Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
