I don't see how this is "shocking" in some sense, because you could do the exact same thing in perl 5 as well: 
if (some_condition){
    *custom_method = sub {
         do whatever you want
    };
}

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(And arbitrary attributes an be added in p5 objects as well - but I don't have to show an example for that ;-)

This may be shocking if your background is primarily a C++ or Java one, but for perl hackers that's old news ;-)

Update for the monks who are not so familiar with Perl 6 object orientation:

In Perl 6 a class { stuff } directive runs stuff at compile time, "as the body of a method of the metaclass, which is responsible for interpreting the keywords of the class definition." (S12)

Why do we need meta classes? Well, perl 5 showed us that it's not very good to stick one object model - many programmer think it's not the best solution, and invent clever stuff like Moose to get around these limitations.

In Perl 6 you can just define your own meta classes if you don't like the default object model. That's why a class "declaration" is in fact just code that runs at compile time, and builds a class out of it.

In reply to Re: Perl 6 Shocking Revelations II - classes are built, not declared by moritz
in thread Perl 6 Shocking Revelations II - classes are built, not declared by John M. Dlugosz

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