In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nkuipers) writes: >Supplying module names makes answering it easier to give a better answer. >Idiomatically, $self usually refers to the scalar being blessed into a class, >in other words, an object.
Actually, it is not the scalar that is blessed into the class, but the data that it references. > So $self->verbose is indeed calling a method on >the object using the indirect syntax, No, "indirect syntax" would be "verbose $self". >though whether or not this method is an >instance method or optionally also a class method can't be said with certainty >from the one line of code you gave. True, but it would be really weird and reprehensible for someone to put a string into something called $self. -- Peter Scott http://www.perldebugged.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
