Re: Indirect Object Syntax

> my @bounds = new GD::Image->stringFT($colour, "Image/outline.ttf", 90, 0.18, 0, 0, $watermark_text);

it's never a good idea to mix two syntax variations

use my @bounds = GD::Image->new->stringFT($colour, "Image/outline.ttf", 90, 0.18, 0, 0, $watermark_text);

Perl wanted to provide maximum flexibility by allowing method syntax from two different language families, this leads to very annoying error messages.

is this

foo bar

sub foo(bar()) or
bar->foo

IMHO indirect object syntax is a good candidate for deprecation.

It could be that only new , print and say will survive.

Avoiding is best, and mixing is a no-no!

update

More in Ch15 of PBP

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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Re^2: Indirect Object Syntax by Bod (Parson) on Nov 06, 2021 at 20:19 UTC
`my @bounds = new GD::Image->stringFT($colour, "Image/outline.ttf", 90, + 0.18, 0, 0, $watermark_text);` [download] it's never a good idea to mix two syntax variations `use my @bounds = GD::Image->new->stringFT($colour, "Image/outline.ttf" +, 90, 0.18, 0, 0, $watermark_text);` [download] Thanks Rolf, I had never realised that I was mixing two different syntaxes... It is obvious now that you point it out and I am wondering how I could have not realised up to this point in time! That helps a lot 👍	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Indirect Object Syntax
by Bod (Parson) on Nov 06, 2021 at 20:19 UTC

my @bounds = new GD::Image->stringFT($colour, "Image/outline.ttf", 90, + 0.18, 0, 0, $watermark_text);
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it's never a good idea to mix two syntax variations
use my @bounds = GD::Image->new->stringFT($colour, "Image/outline.ttf" +, 90, 0.18, 0, 0, $watermark_text);
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Thanks Rolf,

I had never realised that I was mixing two different syntaxes...
It is obvious now that you point it out and I am wondering how I could have not realised up to this point in time!

That helps a lot 👍

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