Re: default parameters in methods

2008-04-11 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Larry Wall larry-at-wall.org |Perl 6| wrote: All default expressions to any parameter are defined to run in the context that assumes any parameters to their left are already bound, so you may safely depend on self already being set. OK, so there is no technical reason why it can't work tha

Re: default parameters in methods

2008-04-10 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 03:35:37AM -, John M. Dlugosz wrote: : It is not specified in the Synopses as I recall, but I believe that this is useful enough that it must be made to work: : :method bytes (Encoding :$encoding = .encoding) :returns Int : : or even : :method bytes (Enco