Hi,
I would like to subclass the Log::Agent class and keep the complete interface. I can do a:
use base qw( Log::Agent );
But then, off course I loose the exported functions and also some magical variables, as I call them.
For example, Log::Agent has the notion of a $Driver variable.
Normally it is a class variable, so how do I let the two packages (parent
and inherited) behave the same?
First 
use Log::Agent;
$Log::Agent::Driver = ...
Second 
use My::Log;
$My::Log::Driver = ...

Would I need to redefine the $Driver variable in My::Log, or does the inheritance mechanism of Perl (looking in the parent class) only works for methods?


johanvdb

Edit kudra, 2002-05-07 Took care of unclosed pre

In reply to Inheritance and exported methods by johanvdb

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