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in reply to Re^2: Does this ctor make sense?
in thread Does this ctor make sense?

If I understand your question right, you are asking about something like this:
my $this = bless $other, "ClassName";
and, you want to know if "$this" is the same as "$other".

From "perldoc -f bless",
   ...it returns the reference for convenience

So - Yes - it is the same, and No - it is not necessary to capture the returned object from 'bless'.

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Re^4: Does this ctor make sense?
by anaconda_wly (Scribe) on Jan 16, 2013 at 03:30 UTC
    Exactly. Thanks!