Beware.

The problem I have with isa() is that I either need to use the verbose UNIVERSAL::isa( $foo, 'Object::Foo' ) syntax...

Unfortunately, it's completely wrong. See Acme::UNIVERSAL::new if you think it's a good idea.

Wrapping every isa() check in an eval{} seems cumbersome, too.

Tough. If you care about getting the right answer, that's what you need to do. Yes, the syntax is a little clunky, but it will give you the right answer. Nothing else will.

I suppose I could just import isa(), as well.

Not if you care about getting the right answer.

In reply to Re^4: RFC: Perl meta programming by chromatic
in thread RFC: Perl meta programming by bennymack

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