Re^2: OOP method usage

Thank you for your reply. That works like a charm. Am I able to use $self->_sub1; in a constructor? Or is it bad programming practice ? Example:

sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    my $self  = {
        _txt => shift
    };
    bless $self, $class;
    $self->_sub1();
    return $self;
}
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Re^3: OOP method usage by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Jul 07, 2012 at 09:56 UTC
Yes, you can call an instance method on `$self` in the constructor, provided you have first called `bless` on it (as in your example). is it bad programming practice ? No, it’s standard practice. See perlobj: Once we've blessed the hash referred to by $self we can start calling methods on it. This is useful if you want to put object initialization in its own separate method: `sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = {}; bless $self, $class; $self->_initialize(); return $self; }` [download] HTH, and welcome to the Monastery! Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: OOP method usage
by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Jul 07, 2012 at 09:56 UTC

Yes, you can call an instance method on $self in the constructor, provided you have first called bless on it (as in your example).

is it bad programming practice ?

No, it’s standard practice. See perlobj:

Once we've blessed the hash referred to by $self we can start calling methods on it. This is useful if you want to put object initialization in its own separate method:
  sub new {
      my $class = shift;

      my $self = {};
      bless $self, $class;

      $self->_initialize();

      return $self;
  }
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HTH, and welcome to the Monastery!

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