Re^3: Can I add methods to an existing object?

This is not quite the same thing.

Your approach declares the bubba-method at compile-time, my example at run-time.

You could not use your approach e.g. in a context where the name of the method to be added in not known at compile-time (e.g. is entered by the user).

And "hubba" and "bubba" are my just my personal preference for generic names that I use where others may use "foo" and "bar" that others prefer - I can't remember where I got that from initially but it has nothing to do with bubble gum :-)

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Re^4: Can I add methods to an existing object? by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Apr 03, 2009 at 14:14 UTC
pileofrogs didn't specify that it needs to be done at run-time. It would be my preference to resolve such issues at compile-time unless there is some feature of the final product that required deferral of the sub declaration until run-time. It is good to make the difference clear, I guess, just in case the difference really matters to someone looking for a way to add a class method from outside the package scope. That's not really the question that was asked, since pileofrogs asked about adding a method to an object. In many cases adding a method to the class is just as good as adding it to the object instance, so no harm done from that little difference. It is, BTW, easy to add a non-method subroutine to the object's data structure when using hash-based objects, but that could create more confusion than it solves. Just for kicks, I'll give you a link to Hubba Bubba®. It may not be where you got the words, but anyone who grew up chewing this Wrigley® product will recognize the name on sight.	[reply]

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Re^4: Can I add methods to an existing object?
by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Apr 03, 2009 at 14:14 UTC

pileofrogs

It is good to make the difference clear, I guess, just in case the difference really matters to someone looking for a way to add a class method from outside the package scope. That's not really the question that was asked, since pileofrogs asked about adding a method to an object. In many cases adding a method to the class is just as good as adding it to the object instance, so no harm done from that little difference. It is, BTW, easy to add a non-method subroutine to the object's data structure when using hash-based objects, but that could create more confusion than it solves.

Just for kicks, I'll give you a link to Hubba Bubba®. It may not be where you got the words, but anyone who grew up chewing this Wrigley® product will recognize the name on sight.

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