So I guess my next logical question is, why have a Class->meth() call at all, if it's not quite an Object call, and it's still not calling the function with the intended arguments? It uses a weak reference to the classname, and is likely to break things for non-OO modules.

I suppose you could intend for your module to be used that way, but is there a sane way to test for how your module is being used, other than to always check the first parameter to make sure that it's not your classname? Or is this just a matter of "read the documentation before use"?

    --jaybonci

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Perl module symbol import versus direct invocation by JayBonci
in thread Perl module symbol import versus direct invocation by JayBonci

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