Re^2: RFC: Alter - Perl extension for Alter Ego Objects

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I'm afraid you have a point there (afraid, because last-minute name changes are such a pain). I guess it'll be Object::AlterEgo (not Class::...) because, well, it's the object rather than the class that has an alter ego.

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Re^3: RFC: Alter - Perl extension for Alter Ego Objects by shmem (Chancellor) on Jul 01, 2007 at 06:16 UTC
I like the name - Alter. But then, maybe Alter::Ego. I don't believe the Object:: prefix adds much to it, since even so, looking at the name, one would ask "what the heck is Alter?". Seeing the `ego` method inside the package will give the "Aha!" - effect: so it's about the Alter Ego of an object, which is hidden to the outside! Nice. But if you want to give it a "conventional" name - what about Object::Magic? It's that - magic, and relies on extension magic. --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: RFC: Alter - Perl extension for Alter Ego Objects by Joost (Canon) on Jul 01, 2007 at 22:47 UTC
don't believe the Object:: prefix adds much to it It doesn't add much when you already know that it's there, but if you're looking for some kind of module to help you do OO stuff you're likely to search CPAN for "object" and/or "class", since that's where a lot of those module reside. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]

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