Re^2: difference between "use base" and @ISA?

@ISA = ('Foo'); will destroy whatever was already in @ISA and will surely break a lot of other things depending on that array.

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Re^3: difference between "use base" and @ISA? by sgifford (Prior) on Aug 25, 2005 at 16:16 UTC
My understanding has always been that `@ISA` is a package global, so the only way it would have something in it is if it were set elsewhere in the same package, which would be a pretty strange thing to do. In other words, it's safe to overwrite it in your own package. I think friedo's code is fine, but I'd be happy to learn otherwise if there's something I'm missing.	[reply] [d/l]