From S10;
In any case, there is no longer any magical $AUTOLOAD variable. The
name being declared or defined can be found in $_ instead. The name
does not include the package name. You can always get your own package
name with $?PACKAGENAME.
So, what is the prototype of AUTOLOAD? It is
David Storrs skribis 2005-06-19 13:45 (-0400):
> Seriously. Are default invocants really such a good idea?
Yes, as long as the default is $_.
./method doesn't use a default invocant. It calls method on the current
invocant, which happens to be available as $?SELF: that doesn't mean it
defaults
On Jun 18, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Damian Conway wrote:
chromatic wrote:
I find it ugly enough that I plan to name my invocants explicitly.
...which should be construed as a *feature* of the current syntax. ;-)
Damian
In that case, why do we have this feature?
Seriously. Are default invoc
John Siracusa wrote:
On 6/18/05 8:28 PM, Juerd wrote:
The unix shell and things resembling it will still be in use much fifteen
years after today, Perl 5 will not.
Ooo, a bold prediction :)
Heh, it is indeed. And it means given the 16,000,000 lines of Perl in
CPAN, we only have to keep th
