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in thread Rosetta Dispatch Table (Interview Question)

Is there a case that ->can is needed that is not caught by UNIVERSAL::callback ?

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Re^4: Rosetta Dispatch Table
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 26, 2017 at 20:36 UTC
Re^4: Rosetta Dispatch Table
by shmem (Chancellor) on Nov 26, 2017 at 19:26 UTC
    Is there a case that ->can is needed that is not caught by UNIVERSAL::callback ?

    No, afaik; it rather catches too much. If some package ought to have a callback method which it hasn't due to some fubar, UNIVERSAL::callback kicks in - long faces, head-scratching. But! if someone writes a method/function for package UNIVERSAL, they should know what they are doing, and my bets are that you do.

    perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
Re^4: Rosetta Dispatch Table
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 26, 2017 at 18:54 UTC