in reply to Why is the base class's destructor not called?

In addition to BrowserUK's succinct and correct answer, I'll point out that most modern OO frameworks (including Moose, Moo, and Class::Tiny) allow you to specify a sub called DEMOLISH instead of DESTROY.

In DEMOLISH there is no need to call SUPER::DEMOLISH - the OO framework automatically takes care of calling all parent DEMOLISH methods in the correct order.

use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name

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