text_combined: nicholas clark suqhccl4org tue nov 06 2007 054922pm 0800 josh jore wrote picking method resolution think client method resolution also picking part would runtime need know foo isnt stubbed function forward reference guess thats key part right intents purposes foo stubbed function different way writing sub foo right think stubs forward references merely root xsubless suppose flag forward references also stubs could detected ignored method resolution flag attaching piece magic reasonable attach new magic expect types references rare common bit flags could stolen theres handful free svt_pvcv implementation wise think would better attached magic way becomes tricky easily determine symbol table introspection whether stub notastub reference magic hence knows name case gets called nothing need ever get written symbol table think would give behaviour consistent desired intent also important throw undefined exception forward reference still exists right reference remains symbol table even userside reaped immediately guess would think implementing magic would better mostly responded thread didnt like tone youre wrong messages p5patlarge linda tone really important bug thats since 1994 noone else found doesnt help ones cause gone good could changed im concerned whether language design wise good idea adds slight complexity language couple existing behaviour explain two gets complex rather like thoughts proposal array keys array values array values array serves purpose easier put document would serve purpose part language complexity pre 510post 510 im thinking nicholas clark thu 07 aug 2008 171854 0000 perl 47181 try oo semantics throwing fatal error