> Also, related to LanX's comment, How does method dispatch interact with AUTOLOAD?

 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump qw/pp dd/;


Class->new("method");

Class::new("function");


# sub UNIVERSAL::new {
#     warn "UNIVERSAL", pp \@_;
# }


package Class;
use Data::Dump qw/pp dd/;


sub AUTOLOAD {
    warn "AUTOLOAD", pp \@_;
}

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AUTOLOAD["Class", "method"] at d:/Users/lanx/AppData/Roaming/exp/new_a
+utoload.pl line 23.
AUTOLOAD["function"] at d:/Users/lanx/AppData/Roaming/exp/new_autoload
+.pl line 23.

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with UNIVERSAL::new() uncommented: 

UNIVERSAL["Class", "method"] at d:/Users/lanx/AppData/Roaming/exp/new_
+autoload.pl line 14.
AUTOLOAD["function"] at d:/Users/lanx/AppData/Roaming/exp/new_autoload
+.pl line 23.

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So a class which counts on catching ->new in AUTOLOAD would be sabotaged.

A normal function call wouldn't be effected by UNIVERSAL.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

In reply to Re^5: OO systems and Perl 5 (Was: Recap: Future of Perl 5) by LanX
in thread OO systems and Perl 5 (Was: Recap: Future of Perl 5) by RonW

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