Re: Class::MethodMaker initialization of default values

[justanyone]

Okay, So this helped but it didn't solve it. I finally played with this enough - the real answer is (tested as correct):

package Simple;
use Class::MethodMaker
  get_set => [qw(a b)],
  new_with_init => 'new';
sub init  {
  my $self         = shift;
  my %in_args      = @_;
  my %default_args = ( b => "default");
  my %final_args   = (%default_args, %in_args);
  foreach my $thiskey (keys(%final_args)) {
    $self->{$thiskey} = $final_args{$thiskey};
  }
  return;
}
-------------- in use_it.pl ---------
use Simple;
my $test = new Simple (a=>1);
# now a==1, b==default.
my $test = new Simple (a=>1, b=>2);
# now a==1, b==2.

I've reported the contents of this posting to the Class::MethodMaker author to request that this information be included in the readme, or a modification to the module be made so it's easier to do.

Thanks for the assistance, samtregar, you started me on the right path. I appreciate it.

Cordially, -- Kevin