Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly

Hildo Biersma <[email protected]> writes:

> Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> >> =head1 DESCRIPTION
> > 
> > What is currently an optimization for pseudo-hashes:
> > 
> >     my Dog $spot = Dog->new();
> > 
> > should be replaced with:
> > 
> >     my Dog $spot;
> > 
> > which calls an implicit constructor (discussed further in the IMPLEMENTATION
> > section).  The optimization behaviour can be retained in some form (see the
> > MIGRATION section).
> 
> My previous concerns have not been adressed:
> - There may not be a default constructor
> - This makes creations of Singleton classes impossible
> - There is a good reason to created typed, but undef, references
>   and fill them in later.

And then there's:

  - Makes factory methods impossible.
  - Conveniently forgets all about polymorphism.

It's *horrible* I tell you. *HORRIBLE*

-- 
Piers