in reply to Config::General inheritance [SOLVED]

Good points, Corion & Grandfather. I'll try to oblige: First, the way Config::General insists on doing business, you include C::G and tell it you want to use the Extended module through the ExtendedAccess parameter (see code). Looking at the code, it does indeed pull in that module like this: 
 189   if ($self->{ExtendedAccess}) {
 190     # we are blessing here again, to get into the ::Extended name
+space
 191     # for inheriting the methods available overthere, which we do
+esn't have.
 192     bless $self, 'Config::General::Extended';
 193     eval {
 194       require Config::General::Extended;
 195     };

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(This appears in Config::General)
This funkiness may indeed be the source of my frustration... it doesn't look like a traditional inheritance is set up here, despite it saying so in the comment. :) Am I right?
Ok, so now a sample piece of code. First the code: 
  1 #!perl
  2 use strict;
  3 use warnings;
  4 use lib 'perlmods/lib';
  5
  6 package MyConfig;
  7 use base qw (Config::General);
  8
  9 sub new {
 10     my $class = shift;
 11     my @attr = @_;
 12     my $self = new Config::General (@attr);
 13     print "\n";
 14     printf "Now we haven't reconsecrated \$self, so: BAR: %s\n", $
+self->BAR;
 15     print "And this looks right:\n";
 16     for my $classTest (qw (Config::General Config::General::Extend
+ed)) {
 17         printf "\tIs \$self a %s? (\$self->isa(%s) returns): %s\n"
+,
 18             $classTest, $classTest, $self->isa ($classTest) ? 'tru
+e' : 'false';
 19     }
 20     print "\nLo! the blessing ensues...\n";
 21     bless $self, $class;
 22     my $bat = eval ('$self->BAR');
 23     printf "Uh-oh: BAR: %s\n", $@;
 24     print "Moreover:\n";
 25     for my $classTest (qw (Config::General Config::General::Extend
+ed)) {
 26         printf "\tIs \$self a %s? (\$self->isa(%s) returns): %s\n"
+,
 27             $classTest, $classTest, $self->isa ($classTest) ? 'tru
+e' : 'false';
 28     }
 29     $self;
 30 }
 31
 32 1;
 33
 34 use Config::General; # This is the way this works (see ExtendedAcc
+ess)
 35
 36 my $cf = new Config::General (
 37     -ExtendedAccess => 1, # This tells C::G to allow object access
+ and AUTOLOAD conveninces (like BAR here)
 38     -ConfigFile => 'fooConfig',
 39 );
 40
 41 print "First, here's the contents of our config file:\n";
 42 system "cat fooConfig";
 43 print "\n";
 44 printf "FooThang: %s\n", $cf->obj ('FOO')->value ('FooThang');
 45 printf "BAR: %s\n", $cf->BAR;
 46 print "All well and good.\n";
 47 undef $cf;
 48
 49 my $mcf = new MyConfig (
 50     -ExtendedAccess => 1,
 51     -ConfigFile => 'fooConfig',
 52 );
 53
 54

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And then the output when you run this (perl 5.8.8, Config::General v2.42) 
First, here's the contents of our config file:
<FOO>
        FooThing = 1
        FooThang = 7
</FOO>

BAR = semisomething string

FooThang: 7
BAR: semisomething string
All well and good.

Now we haven't reconsecrated $self, so: BAR: semisomething string
And this looks right:
        Is $self a Config::General? ($self->isa(Config::General) retur
+ns): true
        Is $self a Config::General::Extended? ($self->isa(Config::Gene
+ral::Extended) returns): true

Lo! the blessing ensues...
Uh-oh: BAR: Can't locate object method "BAR" via package "MyConfig" at
+ (eval 14) line 1.

Moreover:
        Is $self a Config::General? ($self->isa(Config::General) retur
+ns): true
        Is $self a Config::General::Extended? ($self->isa(Config::Gene
+ral::Extended) returns): false

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