Re^2: Correct idiom for default parameters

Object constructors are generally called as class or objects methods Test->new([args])

There's only one object constructor in Perl, and it's called bless. Test->new is nothing more than a class method, that just happens to return an object, often of the same class. More often than not, programmers decide said new() creates a brand-spanking new object, which gets initialized as well. These programmers make it hard to do MI.

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Re^3: Correct idiom for default parameters by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 29, 2010 at 14:07 UTC
I know. I was guessing that was understood though perhaps being so explicit would have been helpful here for the OP.	[reply]
Re^3: Correct idiom for default parameters by Anonymous Monk on Apr 30, 2010 at 09:06 UTC
I don't understand ... Imho it's common and accepted terminology to call methods returning member objects "constructors" --lanx	[reply]
Re^4: Correct idiom for default parameters by Anonymous Monk on Apr 30, 2010 at 09:42 UTC
Accepted terminology is irrelevant when you're picking nits	[reply]
Re^5: Correct idiom for default parameters by LanX (Saint) on Apr 30, 2010 at 11:51 UTC
not even nitpicking ... perlobj is full of examples where such methods are called "constructors". Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Re^4: Correct idiom for default parameters by JavaFan (Canon) on Apr 30, 2010 at 22:10 UTC
That terminology dates from the same time people thought hashref based objects were great. Just because people repeat others doesn't make them right. Or not use confusing terminology. If `new` is an object constructor, then what does `bless` create? Santa Claus?	[reply] [d/l] [select]