Moose: apply Role at Runtime (build vs. default) [solved]

Brutha has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello fellow monks,

after working through Moose Best Practices and various discussions, I decided to use build instead of default for my attributes. So far so good.

Now I have a role with lazy attributes that I apply at runtime with Moose::Util qw(apply_all_roles). This also works fine. With one exception. I get the message "You cannot have a lazy attribute (myattr) without specifying a default value for it". Calling the _build function from default works.

From Perl common sense I would say, the object is already built before the Role is applied. So you have to use default values for initialization. And so I do something like:

has 'myattr' => ( 
        is      =>  'ro',
        isa     =>  'Int',
        lazy       => 1,
        default => \&_build_myattr,
        # build      => '_build_myattr',
    );
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Did I miss something?

What are best practises in my case?

Thank you for your thoughts

Update: see comment below, it's a typo. It is a "builder" instead of "build"

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Re: Moose: apply Role at Runtime (build vs. default) by tobyink (Canon) on Apr 02, 2013 at 16:13 UTC
Works for me! `use v5.14; use strict; use warnings; package MyObject { use Moose; } package MyRole { use Moose::Role; has myattr => ( is => 'ro', lazy => 1, builder => '_build_myattr', ); sub _build_myattr { "value"; } } my $obj = "MyObject"->new; Moose::Util::apply_all_roles($obj, "MyRole"); say $obj->myattr;` [download] Also, whenever you call a builder method from a coderef, make sure you call it as a method so that subclassing works. `# Not this... default => \&_build_myattr, # This! default => sub { shift->_build_myattr(@_) },` [download] `package Cow { use Moo; has name => (is => 'lazy', default => sub { 'Mooington' }) } say Cow->new->name`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Moose: apply Role at Runtime (build vs. default) by Brutha (Friar) on Apr 04, 2013 at 14:16 UTC
First, thank you for your answer. Guess what, it works for me as well :( The reason for my late answer is, that my problem is a bit more complex. I have a base class and create on the fly a Role and then a Class from that Role and the baseclass. Later I apply that role with the default/builder problem. Putting that together in my sample code works as well with builders. Now I try to figure out where the difference is between my real code and the sample, as the real code still does give that error. (Not) Using MooseX::Declare does not make a difference. And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!" (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)	[reply]
Re: Moose: apply Role at Runtime (build vs. default) by Brutha (Friar) on Apr 08, 2013 at 12:49 UTC
Hurray, finally I solved it. Stupid, as always in such cases. Take a look at my attribute's code: `has 'myattr' => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Int', lazy => 1, default => \&_build_myattr, # build => '_build_myattr', );` [download] Simply exchanging the comment between "default" and "build" does not work and gives the mentioned error. I also had to make a builder out of build. I had to debug deep into Moose until I found this typo Thank You for Your patience. And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!" (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)	[reply] [d/l]