This is just an example, right, that you've given us? Because I'm just wondering why you have the statements like 
if ($fname eq 'foo') {
...
}

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etc. You're not going to put in statements like that for every possible method that you're trying to trap in the AUTOLOAD, are you? Because that kind of defeats the purpose of having an AUTOLOAD method--if you're just testing for specific methods, why not define them in the first place?

This has a point, because my contention is that the example you've given us isn't all that helpful. AUTOLOAD should trap any methods that you don't explicitly handle in your code; so in package B, how do you know when you should pass a certain method on to A's AUTOLOAD? You're not just planning on explicitly testing for all of those cases in B, are you?

I'd like to get a better idea of what you're trying to do, because it's possible that you're asking an XYZ question. In other words, perhaps there's another way to do what you're doing, but I don't know what it could be, because I don't know what you're trying to do.

In reply to Re: AUTOLOAD functions & inheritence by btrott
in thread AUTOLOAD functions & inheritence by LunaticLeo

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