in reply to Re^2: overloading '0+'
in thread overloading '0+'

Your my_int-routine does not require its argument to be numified as it works directly on the object.

If you force the object to be numified by changing the argument of int to: $soldier1 + 0 (you will have to overload '+' or add fallback => 1 to the overload hash) you will see truncate being called.

CountZero

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