Re: Perl 6 Summary for 2005-07-05 through 2005-07-12

[email protected] (Damian Conway) Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:44:16 +1000
Newsgroups perl.perl6.language,perl.perl6.announce,perl.perl6.internals,perl.perl6.compiler
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Matt Fowles summarized:

>    Method Call on Invocant
>     Now " ./method "is gone, and " .method " only works when " $_ =:= $?SELF ".

Important qualification:

   Within a method or submethod, C<.method> only works when C<$_ =:= $?SELF>.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

C<.method> is perfectly legal on *any* topic anywhere that $?SELF doesn't exist.

Damian