Re: Extending parent object method?

Here's the problem:

my $class = ref($self) || $self;

Within reset(), you're trying to get the class of the object. That'll be a string. The parent's reset() method wants an object invocant.

The good news is that you never have to write that ref($self) || $self. Delete it (even from your constructor) and this error should go away.

Your new() could be:

sub new {
      my $class = shift;
      my $self  = $class->SUPER::new(@_);
      # do other stuff here for the child object...
      return $self;
}
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There's no need to rebless it, provided the parent constructor uses two-argument bless.

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Re^2: Extending parent object method? by Syndaryl (Initiate) on Mar 12, 2012 at 13:51 UTC
Bingo. Now I'm slightly baffled that `"STRING::CLASS"->SUPER::new(@_);` even works, but I think I'm not going to sweat that until I recover from Daylight Savings Jetlag."	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Extending parent object method? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Mar 12, 2012 at 15:24 UTC
I'm slightly baffled that `"STRING::CLASS"->SUPER::new(@_);` even works. Perl's method dispatcher handles the `SUPER::` case in a special fashion. It looks weird, but it works.	[reply] [d/l] [select]