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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."

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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.

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