Re: A Class inside a Perl script?


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Re: A Class inside a Perl script?

by arc_of_descent (Hermit)

on Jun 02, 2009 at 09:24 UTC ( [id://767518]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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You're package is named test, but you are blessing into Person.

You should use the following constructor in your packages, which takes care of inheritance too.

sub new
{
    my $proto = shift;

    my $class = ref $proto || $proto;
    my $self = {};

    # ...
    # ...

    bless $self, $class;
    return $self;
}
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Re^2: A Class inside a Perl script?
by GrandFather (Saint) on Jun 02, 2009 at 11:37 UTC

    my $class = ref $proto || $proto;
    ...
    bless $self, $class;
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Don't do that. It generates a function/method that implies both constructor and clone semantics. new should be a class function that generates a new initialised object. An explicit copy or clone method (not class function) should be used to generate a cloned instance of an existing object. new() function: incorrect? and its replies discuss the topic at some length.

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