Koschei has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Ok, Perl 5.8.0 introduces runtime application of variable attributes. All fine and dandy. However, I'd like to be able to pass variables in my attribute declarations. For example:
my $bar = 3; my Cat $foo : Legs($bar);As perldelta (perl58delta for bleaders) says:
In particular, however, this allows variable attributes to be useful for "tie" interfaces, which was a deficiency of earlier releases.
So, how does one actually evaluate the $bar? MODIFY_SCALAR_ATTRIBUTES gets called with a string "Legs($bar)" and no hook into the appropriate namespace.
-- Iain, aka Koschei.
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