Is there any way I can use object.method() instead of object->method()?

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Re: Is there any way I can use object.method() instead of object->method()?⭐ by belg4mit (Prior) on Aug 11, 2002 at 22:33 UTC
Filter::Simple comes with a sample filter for this named DotsForArrows.	[reply]
Re: Is there any way I can use object.method() instead of object->method()?⭐ by Anonymous Monk on Aug 12, 2002 at 01:44 UTC
No, not really. Filter::Simple has been mentioned as a possibility (and its DotsForArrows demo), but this is very, very far from being robust (and only attempts the . to -> filtering, not the _ to . filtering). It can not be used as anything more than a (broken) toy filter.	[reply]
Re: Is there any way I can use object.method() instead of object->method()?⭐ by jeffa (Bishop) on Aug 11, 2002 at 22:26 UTC
I searched CPAN for Perl6 and did not find any modules that offer that ability yet. You could do something like: `use strict; my $code = do {local $/;<DATA>}; $code =~ s/(\w)\.(\w)/$1->$2/g; $code =~ s/(?<!\w)_(?!\w)/./g; eval $code; die $@ if $@; __DATA__ my $foo = Foo.new(); $foo.foo('foo'); $foo.bar('bar'); $foo.baz('baz'); print $foo.foo _ "\n" _ $foo.bar _ "\n" _ $foo.baz _ "\n"; package Foo; use Class::MethodMaker new => 'new', get_set => [ qw /foo bar baz / ];` [download] but not only is that twisted (and silly), there is more than likely some usage of . and _ that i missed with the regexes. Best to just stick with the arrow notation - it is only one more character to type, after all ... that or start using Python ... /duck UPDATE: belg4mit++ for suggesting Filter::Simple - i missed that one ...	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Is there any way I can use object.method() instead of object->method()? by dada (Chaplain) on Aug 22, 2002 at 10:12 UTC
there's also the PlusPlus module on CPAN which does this (and a couple more, equally evil things :-). As for the mentioned DotsForArrow, this one is also based on Filter trickeries.	[reply]
Re: Is there any way I can use object.method() instead of object->method()? by dada (Chaplain) on Aug 22, 2002 at 10:13 UTC
there's also the PlusPlus on CPAN which does this (and a couple more, equally evil things :-). As for the mentioned DotsForArrow, this one is also based on Filter trickeries. -- to be deleted Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply]