Re^2: classic OO Perl: naming instance variables

[j3]

In cases where I need to re-bless a hashref from a parent class constructor, {snip}

Just curious, why would you ever need to re-bless a hashref? I've always figured you bless once, using the 2-arg form, in your base class. Inherited classes use $class->SUPER::new(...) to reach back and have the parent do it.

[friedo]

You're right, you shouldn't normally have to re-bless; I misspoke. On rare occasions, however, I have had to write a class derived from one that used the incorrect form of bless, in which case re-blessing was required.