...it seems myHuman knows nothing about the subclass Class::PObject::DBM from which it gets its save().

I spent a few minutes poking around the internals of Class::PObject trying to find some helpful documentation, but was a bit confused -- you mention a "subclass Class::PObject::DBM" but the PObject documentation seems to indicate that instead of inheriting, it should delegate to a separate Class::PObject::Driver::DBM object.

Are you using the most recent version of Class::PObject?

I'm also confused becasue PObject doesn't seem to have a new constructor, it constructs a new instance using a subroutine 'pobject()' which I think is the source of all my woes.

The Class::PObject docs clearly show the use of a constructor as "$person = new Person();"; the "pobject()" subroutine is for initializing a class not a single instance.

In reply to Re: Can't inherit subroutines - workaround? by simonm
in thread Can't inherit subroutines - workaround? by Anonymous Monk

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