On Oct 17, James Edward Gray II said:

>sub new {
>       my $class = shift;
>       $class = ref $class if ref $class;
>       my %args = @_;
>       my $self = bless { }, $class;
>
>       # needs hierarchical initialization here
>
>       $self->initialize(%args);
>       return $self;
>}

>This is good, I just give everything an initialize() method.  The
>problem is that I have to remember to call the parents initialize().
>Is there a way to get a hold of the referent's @ISA array, where my
>comment is above, and perform the needed initializations so my objects
>don't have to?

Sure:

  {
    no strict 'refs';  # sorry, but it's a bit more convenient this way
    for (@{ "${class}::ISA" }) {
      $self->initialize(%args);
    }
  }

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