Re^2: use fields;

Thanks, Corion, you are right, there is not any reason to use the weird syntax. I found it two years ago in the book <a href=;http://www.manning.com/Conway/index.html'>Object Oriented Perl by Damian Conway (in my opinion, that book is one of the best Perl books). Probably, that syntax became old. Unfortunately, using

my $self = fields::new($class);
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intead of

no strict "refs";
my $self = bless [\%{"${caller}::FIELDS"}], $class;
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doen't resolve problem with pseudo-hashes.

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Michael Stepanov aka nite_man

It's only my opinion and it doesn't have pretensions of absoluteness!

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Re^3: use fields; by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 23, 2004 at 08:12 UTC
Re-reading the documentation, Perl 5.8.x still uses the pseudo-hash implementation, so I guess you will have to temporarily switch off the warnings for that section of code: `my $self = do { no warnings 'deprecated'; fields::new($class); };` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: use fields; by nite_man (Deacon) on Nov 23, 2004 at 08:28 UTC
I know that. It worryes me that after month or year Perl developers team will decide to forbid using pseudo hashes. So, I'm trying to find a way to produce a good code, probably without problems in the future. --- Michael Stepanov aka nite_man It's only my opinion and it doesn't have pretensions of absoluteness!	[reply]
Re^5: use fields; by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 23, 2004 at 08:31 UTC
Did you read the documentation for the fields pragma? It specifically mentions the differences between the pseudo-hash version for 5.8.x and lower, and the pseudo-hash free version for 5.9.x and higher. This distinction is made because, in 5.9.x and higher, pseudo-hashes will be gone. So, as long as you `use fields;`, and use `fields::new`, you should be safe, according to the documentation.	[reply]
Re^6: use fields; by ysth (Canon) on Nov 23, 2004 at 08:46 UTC


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