Re: Calling module function from within a blessed module

You are using the one argument version of bless.

sub new {
    return bless {};
}
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Never, ever, ever do this. The one argument version of bless really should issue a warning.

Do this:

sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    return bless( {}, $class );
}
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Re^2: Calling module function from within a blessed module by Bod (Parson) on Jan 03, 2021 at 11:57 UTC
Never, ever, ever do this. The one argument version of bless really should issue a warning. Actually, in real code I do not generally use the one argument version. I created that as a minimal example to support the question. Having said that, I don't know why I avoid the single argument version. It is because I have copied other code that works and looks like the author knows what they are doing which is not exactly the most rigorous methodology for learning...	[reply]
Re^3: Calling module function from within a blessed module by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Jan 03, 2021 at 12:45 UTC
The reason why you generally shouldn't use the one-argument version of `bless` is because it makes subclassing more difficult. If you have two classes, Parent and Child, and Parent uses `bless {}, $_[0];`, then Child can simply inherit Parent's `new` (or other constructor) and `Child->new()` will Just Work^TM. If Parent uses one-argument `bless`, then it will always create a Parent object, and Child will have to override the constructor (either writing a completely new constructor, or calling Parent's constructor and re-`bless`ing the result before returning it).	[reply] [d/l] [select]