Hmm. Interesting angle. But ircc (its on my home computer) the code went more like 
sub new {
   my $proto=shift;
   my $class=$proto || ref $proto; 
   my $self=bless {},$class;
   if ($class eq $proto) { #class call
       $self->init_rand();
   } elsif (@_) {
       $self->init_cross($proto,shift);
   } else {
       $self->init_mutate($proto);
   }
   return $self
}

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So the dreaded line was/is present. But you are correct I did/would comment this.

Yves / DeMerphq
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When to use Prototypes?

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re (tilly) 2: Paradigm Shift - Dual Use Constructors by demerphq
in thread Paradigm Shift - Don't use strict by Ovid

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