Re^6: Is there a wantobject like wantarray?

I don’t know but I’d be very surprised if it did. This is not my forté, more my piano (see! I am funny), but this seems to support the notion; both dumps being the same–

use 5.012;
use Devel::Peek;

package Bingo {
    use Moo;
    use overload '""' => sub { +shift->ohai };
    has ohai =>
        is => "rw";
};

my $bingo = Bingo->new( ohai => "DER" );

Dump $bingo;
say "\n$bingo\n";
Dump $bingo;
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Re^7: Is there a wantobject like wantarray? by LanX (Saint) on Sep 26, 2014 at 10:36 UTC
Sorry my question was not well phrased. Maybe better "involves possibility" or "allows". The point about a "want context" is to return the right data type. Returning an object could be a work around, if it transforms into the right data type after first access. Otherwise there would be a performance penalty for simple scalars. But not sure if unblessing or untying within an accessor is a reliable approach with calculated risk. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)}	[reply]

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Re^7: Is there a wantobject like wantarray?
by LanX (Saint) on Sep 26, 2014 at 10:36 UTC

Maybe better "involves possibility" or "allows".

The point about a "want context" is to return the right data type.

Returning an object could be a work around, if it transforms into the right data type after first access.

Otherwise there would be a performance penalty for simple scalars.

But not sure if unblessing or untying within an accessor is a reliable approach with calculated risk.

Cheers Rolf

_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)}

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