•Re^5: Is "ref($class) || $class" a bad thing?


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•Re^5: Is "ref($class) || $class" a bad thing?

by merlyn (Sage)

on Jul 20, 2004 at 13:32 UTC ( [id://375908]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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I'd consider that "a bit too much navel inspection". It breaks code I write that looks like this:

my $destiny = $someobject->can("somemethod");
@_ = ($someobject, @args);
goto &$destiny;
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There shouldn't be any way that this target method should be able to tell that I got there with ->can instead of a true method lookup. So if you write code that breaks that, shame on you.

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Re^6: Is "ref($class) \|\| $class" a bad thing? by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jul 20, 2004 at 16:46 UTC
I'd consider that "a bit too much navel inspection" Oh I agree completely (I said I was surprised that nobody had mentioned it - not that it was a good idea :-) It breaks code I write that looks like this: ++ Good point.	[reply]

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