class collector { has @.state; method collect(Int *@nums){ self.state.push: @nums; } }

In fact for the example you have given a simple array is enough, but I assume you want to do a bit more in collect.

The idea of OO is to bundle data with the methods that work on it, now you suggest to bundle a "state" with the method that works on it - for me it sounds like that's the same, or at least that it can use the same abstraction - classes.

And I don't quite see the overhead in writing classes - snytactically that's class, a name and two curly braces.

(Updated: fixed missing brace)


In reply to Re^3: [Perl 6] State variables as public attributes? by moritz
in thread [Perl 6] State variables as public attributes? by blazar

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