in reply to Re^2: Extending a class
in thread Extending a class

However, isn't SVG::new() already in place anyway? The MyPackage object builds and yields a MyPackage-blessed object as revealed by Data::Dumper.

:) ok, if the constructor is creating a MyPackage, then which code is creating a SVG::Element?

Think a bout it

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Re^4: Extending a class
by betacentauri (Sexton) on Apr 13, 2016 at 21:11 UTC
    $self->group(...) in Bar() does. I was expecting the group() method to be inherited by MyPackage and the SVG:: class blessing of the resulting object to be overridden by MyPackage:: class... but that was too much of an expectation as it turns out to be. Still have to know if it's Perl's quirky OO-system or my plain OO-ignorance.

      It works pretty much the same in all OO languages, just because you make a class Bar that is a subclass of Foo, doesn't mean Foo->yada creates Bar objects, Foo->yada does what it did before

      If the original class is not meant to be subclassed, and you want to subclass it, you'll have a lot of work ahead of youand you want to sub

      Modern Perl discusses "Redispatching Methods in AUTOLOAD"

      but from what I can guess of your question, you don't need subclass or redispatch