Re: RFC 152 (v1) Replace $self in @_ with self() builtin (not $ME)

[email protected] (Jonathan Scott Duff)
Newsgroups perl.perl6.language.objects
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On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 07:54:35PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> And why is passing $self in $_[0] a good thing? 

Because it eliminates a butt-load of translation to convert Perl5 
programs to Perl6 programs.  Rather than tracking down each and every
sub and figuring out if it's used as a method or not, nothing is
changed and things simply work.  But the C<self> or C<$ME>
functionality is still there for people to use.

-Scott
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