Re^5: use fields, underscores and subclasses

yes, but I wasn't sure if UNIVERSAL may already have a meaning for classical packages, with the methods called with ::

well I'm too tired to look it up now ... vote me down guys .. good night!

Cheers Rolf

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Re^6: use fields, underscores and subclasses by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 23, 2008 at 02:50 UTC
It wasn't the universal base class before OOP because there were no classes before OOP. As for whether the methods existed before OOP, all but `VERSION` only make sense in an OOP context.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: use fields, underscores and subclasses by LanX (Saint) on Nov 23, 2008 at 03:16 UTC
I see ... you are not too tired to look it up! just joking! ; ) --- Rolf	[reply]