Re: Re: multiple method calls against the same object (f.ex GUI programming)


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Re: Re: multiple method calls against the same object (f.ex GUI programming)

by dada (Chaplain)

on Oct 28, 2002 at 15:25 UTC ( [id://208522]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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...but this requires that each of these configurator calls returns $self as the last step, which is frequently the case...

just out of curiosity, but with this design in mind how would you return a value from a method call? even a simple boolean for success/failure. for example, how could you do something like:

$window->set_title("Test") or die "Can't set title!\n";
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if you're always only returning $self?

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Aldo

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•Re: Re: Re: multiple method calls against the same object (f.ex GUI programming)
by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 28, 2002 at 15:27 UTC

I prefer exceptions when an action will likely work 95% of the time or more. That way, the testing doesn't interfere with my examination of the control flow, and you get to do nice tricks like a "return $self" chain.

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