The docs for CGI::Prototype has this as a SYNOPSIS: 
  package My::HelloWorld;
  use base CGI::Prototype;

  sub template { \ <<'END_OF_TEMPLATE' }
  [% self.CGI.header; %]
  Hello world at [% USE Date; Date.format(date.now) | html %]!
  END_OF_TEMPLATE

  My::HelloWorld->activate;

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However, use base is a mechanism for class-based subclassing. After reading merlyn's article, I knew that this was the proper way to do subclassing with protoypes: 
package doesnt_matter;
use CGI::Prototype;
my $derived = Class::Prototyped->newPackage('My::App',
  (
    'parent*'  => 'CGI::Prototype',
    template => sub { 'blah blah blah' };
  );

$derived->activate;

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Since the Class::Protoyped docs do not use base anywhere and since neither your article or docs explain how this class-based inheritance mechanism works in a prototyped context please do one of two things: (1) use a more orthodox means of subclassing (2) explain the ramifications behind such use.

To your credit, a file in the test suite does use @ISA, but I am a bit tired of trying to learn CGI::Prototype by inference on the test suite :)

In reply to CGI::Prototype and use base by metaperl

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