Re: RFC for $ME class variable (was Re: RFC 124 (v1) Sort order forany hash)
[email protected] (Nathan Wiger)
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> You can have your cake, but not force us to eat it too... > > Like $AUTOLOAD, $ME would be dynamically scoped: The first time I saw the bareword "self" keyword I almost wet myself in horror, but I would say that $AUTOLOAD is a disaster that should not be repeated. And that's the way that this $ME thing is headed... > We seem to cope with $AUTOLOAD okay, without the need to: I hate it, it's miserable. Too much hidden trickery and special cases. I could deluge you with examples but I'd rather not. A sub call would probably be better. We have ref(), want(), and other calls to find out context, why not self() to backtrace package context? -Nate