Re: y/rple/yma/ (was: LALR (was Re: Working Group Proposal))

  >>> $foo.method();
  >>> 
  >>> same as
  >>> 
  >>> $foo->method();

  Tom> It's a perennial *Active*State* request.  They want it so they can
  Tom> simplify their documentation for *Micro*Soft* interfaces, since
  Tom> "everybody else" uses dots.

Is it just me, or are these two not supposed to be the same in the C++
world anyway? Just as these are distinct in C++:

      foo.method()

      foo->method()

Technically, were Perl to adopt such a syntax, I would expect it to look
more like:

      $$foo.method()

      $foo->method()

unless the proposed syntax includes blessing non-reference scalars as
objects. And that, I would argue against almost to the point of fanaticism.
I can't imagine the above syntax would make the AS Perl any more
MS-friendly in the least bit.

Randy
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