On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 07:05:11AM +1000, Damian Conway wrote:
>  Gaal Yahas wrote:
>  >On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 01:26:31PM -0600, Luke Palmer wrote:
>  >>>Say I have a class method in FooClass, callable as FooClass.greet():
>  >>>    method greet(Class $class: ) {
>  >>>       say "Hello, FooClass!";
>  >>>    }
>  >>
>  >>Aside from the fact that I don't think this is the right way to
>  >>specify class methods...
>  > 
>  >What do you think is the right way to specify them?
>  
>  I certainly can't speak for Luke, but I think the right way to specify 
>  class methods is:
>  
>  	method greet(FooClass ::class:) {
>  	    say "Hello, FooClass!";
>  	}

In the interest of keeping the design documents up-to-date, A12 says:

    To declare an ordinary class method, such as a constructor, you say
    something like:

        method new (Class $class: *@args) { ... }

    Such a method may only be called with an invocant that "isa" C<Class> ,
    that is, an object of type C<Class> , or derived from type C<Class>.


S12 says:

    Class methods are just methods that can take a class as their invocant.

Somehow I read these as though the original poster was correct --
i.e., one creates a class method for FooClass as either

    method greet(Class $class:) { say "Hello!"; }

or

    method greet(FooClass $class:) { say "Hello!"; }

Are the design documents out of date in this regard?  If so, can
someone provide a patch, if not, can someone confirm that the design
documents are correct?  (I just happened to be looking at class methods
this past week, which is why I was a little surprised by Luke and 
Damian's answers... :-)  

Pm