That's all I'm looking for. Some sort of sense (even if it's "I don't like it") if it gets downvoted so quickly.

Perhaps this might help. Let's revisit the post in question.

That'd be described in perldoc base, wouldn't it? Have you looked there first?
The factual part of the post is
That'd be described in perldoc base
Leaving
, wouldn't it? Have you looked there first?
If these phrases aren't factual, what are they? Well, to my ear,
, wouldn't it?
is a transparent shorthand for
, but you should know that.
and serves no other purpose than to deliver a soft-gloved backhand. Thus offended, it's easy to read
Have you looked there first?
as another barb. Barbs words now outweight factual words 7 to 6. Leave off the barbs and you have
That'd be described in perldoc base
Fix up the formatting a bit to embolden "perldoc base", and you have a nice, succinct, factual response with no baggage.

In reply to (dws)Re: Re: Re: Re: use base qw(Base) (was: Method calling question...) by dws
in thread Method calling question... by satchboost

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