Re: Pre-PPC: class :abstract

On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:59:26 +0100
> Ovid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Final classes can be interesting. In some languages, you no longer
> > have to use a vtable to lookup methods, meaning you get a nice
> > performance boost.
>
> That whole area relies on the fact that variables holding references to
> final class instances are annotated with that class information, so
> static method resolution can be made at compiletime rather than runtime.
>
> In dynamic languages like Perl where there are no such annotations on
> variables or other expressions, there's nothing you can use for that
> kind of lookup, so it's just done at runtime.
>

Is that always true? https://metacpan.org/pod/sealed

I'm in no way able to judge whether or not this is viable. I'm just
wondering.

Best,
Ovid
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