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Re: (elbie 2): What does this warning mean?by davorg (Chancellor) |
on Aug 17, 2001 at 19:03 UTC ( [id://105693]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
In the Cookbook, it's page 446 "A Warning on Indirect Object Notation" and in OOP it's pp98-101 "Another way to call a constructor". To summarise, there are two problems with it:
In general it will work fine, but the times that it won't work are so difficult to keep a track of that it's best to never use it. There's no good reason not to use the alternative CLASS->method syntax, so I see it as a good habit to get into. --<http://www.dave.org.uk> Perl Training in the UK <http://www.iterative-software.com>
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