klaasjan stol parrotbugfollowupparrotcodeorg new ticket created klaasjan stol please include string perl 57656 subject line future correspondence issue hi different meanings pir 1 separate object method method call like foobar 2 concatenate strings s0 hi implementing really problem done already introduce ambiguity case makes clear sub main local pmc foo p0 newclass foo foo new foo foo bar end namespace foo sub bar method print foobarn end running code result error parrot foopir errorimccsyntax error unexpected concat expecting file foopir line 8 general whitespace significant pir case dot dot whitespace sides tokenized concat operator proposal would change concatenate dot looks like explicit prevent mistakes im also open suggestions ive thought la nqpperl 6 sure whether would introduce ambiguities alternative might interesting case ever want resurrect slicing syntax using fyi concatenation operator lua please note intention change whole pir language suits given number proposals change pir time im running issues currently still easy position fix frankly consider proposal best ive decided send anyway comments welcome kjs wed 06 aug 2008 055308 0700 perl 57656 proposalpir change pir sugar concat something else