On Feb 11, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Carl Mäsak wrote:
Jon (>), Jonasthan (>>):
If we declared, for example:
role A::B {};
Then what should a reference to A be here? At the moment, Rakudo
treats it
as a post-declared listop, however I suspect we should be doing
something a
bit smarter? If so, what should the answer to ~A.WHAT be?
I'd go with one of two possibilities:
* Don't allow the declaration of A::B unless A has already been
declared.
[...]
Please don't go with this former alternative. In a project even of
moderate size like Druid, many packages of type A::B are declared
before the corresponding A package is, for perfectly legitimate
reasons.
Agree completely. Bio::* currently has the same issue.
* A should be treated as a post-declared package.
Whatever this means, it sounds preferable. :)
// Carl
Agree again. The latter is definitely preferred.
chris
