Re: Loading class

It works because use acts more like this:

BEGIN {
    require Employee;
    Employee->import() if Employee->can("import");
}
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If your module doesn't have an import, or doesn't inherit from something that does, then the call is skipped.

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Re: Re: Loading class by IlyaM (Parson) on Mar 07, 2003 at 13:51 UTC
Perl seems to do some magic with import method call. Even if you don't define it always work: `$ perl -e 'XXX->xxx' Can't locate object method "xxx" via package "XXX" (perhaps you forgot + to load "XXX"?) at -e line 1. $ perl -e 'XXX->import' # no error` [download] -- Ilya Martynov, ilya@iponweb.net CTO IPonWEB (UK) Ltd Quality Perl Programming and Unix Support UK managed @ offshore prices - http://www.iponweb.net Personal website - http://martynov.org	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Loading class by broquaint (Abbot) on Mar 07, 2003 at 13:56 UTC
Perl seems to do some magic with import method call Indeedey, perl does some groovy `AUTOLOAD` magic at the source level. See. import() magic for more info on the matter. HTH `_________ broquaint`	[reply]