use strict; use warnings; I->can(print"Just Another Perl Hacker")


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Re: I can
by jdalbec (Deacon) on Jul 01, 2006 at 21:31 UTC
    The funny thing is that even though I->can() doesn't return an error, I->can("can") returns undef. So I can can(), but I->cannot ("can").
    perldoc UNIVERSAL says:
    Perl magically makes these functions [isa, can, and VERSION] act as methods on all objects.
    so I guess that's just Perl magic at work.

    Update: in view of ikegami's reply, maybe this is a documentation bug as well. Perhaps s/these functions/all functions in package UNIVERSAL/?