Re: perl6-language-objects Report 31 Aug 2000

Nathan Wiger <[email protected]> writes:
> =head2 RFC 171 (v1): my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly
> (Michael Fowler)
> 
> This proposed a C++ like constructor mechanism whereby the declaration
> of a variable implicitly creates an object. This mechanism would allow
> for declarations of datatypes to cause class inheritance. Some concerns
> over confusion and implementation details were raised, which are still
> being addressed.

Hmm... that's not how *I* read the thread. I haven't even *started* on
implementation details and the more clarification I see, the less I
like the proposal.

-- 
Piers