Re^4: Package level scope callbacks.

Hmmm, maybe.

Will P6 have globs? Will P6 allow overloading of $obj.method( ... ) or $anonRef.( ... ). What, if anything will use overload "&{}" do or mean?

Interesting possibilities portend.

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Re^5: Package level scope callbacks. by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 01, 2004 at 23:14 UTC
Globs are a remnant from non-lexical days and are going away in Perl6. However, many other things are happening; stuff like compile-time modification of the very language and real macros à la LISP come to mind, obviously, though in this case, they'll probably be overkill. Packages, classes, and modules will become first-level citizens in Perl6 (allowing stuff like anonymous packages), and there will probably be an elegant solution for your problem on that vector. I really can't wait to get my hands on the thing. `:-)` It will no doubt be scary and uncomfortable at first and we'll make mistakes like they were made in Perl5 (inherit from Exporter? OO interface for Data::Dumper? what the..?), but there's exciting stuff ahead. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]

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Re^5: Package level scope callbacks.
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 01, 2004 at 23:14 UTC

Globs are a remnant from non-lexical days and are going away in Perl6. However, many other things are happening; stuff like compile-time modification of the very language and real macros à la LISP come to mind, obviously, though in this case, they'll probably be overkill. Packages, classes, and modules will become first-level citizens in Perl6 (allowing stuff like anonymous packages), and there will probably be an elegant solution for your problem on that vector.

I really can't wait to get my hands on the thing. :-) It will no doubt be scary and uncomfortable at first and we'll make mistakes like they were made in Perl5 (inherit from Exporter? OO interface for Data::Dumper? what the..?), but there's exciting stuff ahead.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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