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That warning is there for a reason and your code is different from my code.

Your code assumes that the class name has been shifted out of @_ already while my code assumes it's still in @_. I would like to keep the warning just in case somebody (that is, I myself) calls the constructor with the wrong number of arguments. Having the code silently swallow all arguments would be far worse than having a warning telling me what's wrong.

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Re^4: confusing constructor code
by Burak (Chaplain) on Jul 01, 2008 at 08:07 UTC
    Of course you need to do my $class = shift;. I didn't see a reason to write the full code. You have to die() instead of warn() if explicit check is needed. Ignoring bogus parameters is a way too.
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