introspection (and Perl 6)

[Zbigniew Lukasiak]

On Jan 22, 2008 11:01 AM, Ovid <publiustemp-londonpm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- 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.

The question is if it will suit the person that reads your code.

Cheers,
Zbigniew Lukasiak
http://brudnopis.blogspot.com/