Re: Overhead vs. ease of use in OOP

Nice, but it sounds like a familiar gripe ...

A Perl Adapt ... Curses the flexibility of the Perl object system.
A Perl Hacker ... Delights in the flexibility of the Perl object system.

I prefer to use $self - it just isn't a big deal to me to type 6 or so more characters if it makes my code more apparent in intent. Even in C++ and Java i prefer to use this - you look at a method and immediately know what the attributes are.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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