On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, B�RTH�ZI Andr�s wrote:

>  Hi,
> 
>  I'm still interested in, why "alias" wouldn't be a native Perl 6 term?
> 
>  I think, there are several reasons for "alias":

I am not arguing against alias, but just wanted to point out something.

>  - in Perl 6, currently there's no way to create a reference to a
>    variable, _with the context of the variable_, too

unless you bind immediately where you declare the original variable:

>  Some new examples, maybe better than before:
> 
>  sub kilobytes ($value:) is export {
>  	return $value*1024;
>  }
>  alias kilobytes, kilobyte;

replace the last line with:
   &kilobytes := &kilobyte;

and the scoping is not an issue.

And with synonyms, binding as soon as declaring seems prudent.

--abhijit

Abhijit Mahabal      http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~amahabal/