introspection (and Perl 6)

[Ovid]

--- Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it really worth replacing a 3 letter self-explainatory method name
> with a hat symbol - particularly given in most code scenario's thats
> a saving of 2 characters out at least 20.

Depends on what you do.  If you only call on the metaobject once in a
while, no big deal, but if you write as much introspective code as I
do, that little hat symbol will be a blessing.

In short, if it doesn't suit your needs, don't use it :) It will
certainly suit mine.

Cheers,
Ovid

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