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in reply to Re^2: Is there a Perl API (XS) for ->can ?
in thread Is there a Perl API (XS) for ->can ?

You have to read between the lines a little bit, but the last large block of text in the EXPORTS section explains why calling isa as a function can give you the wrong results. The same reasoning applies to calling can as a function.