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• Programmable keywords... (Score:2)

  by Matts (1087)

  Did I hear in my vague readings of p5p that this might be possible in 5.12?

  If so, it'd be SO nice to have:

  class Foo isa Bar {
    method init(%options) {
      $self->{some_key} = $options{some_key} // "default";
      ...
    }
  }
  • Re:Programmable keywords... (Score:1)

    by rafl (7583) on 2009.12.01 10:40 (#71274)

    FYI, MooseX::Declare provides exactly that already (except you inherit with "extends", not "isa").

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    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Matts (1087)

      Yeah I know, but it's very heavyweight (brings in Moose).
      • Re: (Score:1)

        by jrockway (7171)

        Plain Perl OO is also very heavy, it brings in perl and entire OS. Are you sure that bringing in Moose is a legitimate concern, or are you just afraid to look at something popular out of fear that it might turn out to be better than complaining?
        • Re: (Score:2)

          by Matts (1087)

          I think you're assuming I *haven't* checked it out.