Re^2: Overload abuse or is it just me?

Do you mean that your classes were using overload and other modules like Class::DBI ended up using your overloaded operators (thus, causing bugs)?

That's interesting, and it's also another good reason not to use overload.

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Re^3: Overload abuse or is it just me? by perrin (Chancellor) on Mar 17, 2006 at 19:32 UTC
No, that isn't what I mean. I mean that using objects from other classes in a specific context would give unexpected results because of overloads on conversion to strings or numbers.	[reply]
Re^4: Overload abuse or is it just me? by salvix (Pilgrim) on Mar 17, 2006 at 19:36 UTC
Oh, I got it... So you mean, for example, Class::DBI overloading "" to return the ID of the object, right? Thanks.	[reply]
Re^5: Overload abuse or is it just me? by perrin (Chancellor) on Mar 17, 2006 at 20:00 UTC
That's right.	[reply]