"Martin A. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 08:18:24PM +0100, Rob Dixon wrote: > > > > "Ovid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >The problem here is that it will not print inherited or AUTOLOADed methods. > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > So traverse the inheritance hierarchy and do the same thing with each class: > > > > > > > > http://search.cpan.org/author/SBURKE/Class-ISA-0.32/ISA.pm > > > > > > That's certainly a decent 95% solution and if you *really* > > > need it, it's a good idea. The original problem, though, > > > is not one that I want to encourage most people to solve > > > because for most programmers, when things get that complicated, > > > it turns out that there's an underlying design flaw that needs > > > to be addressed. > > > > > > Of course, people seem to get mad when I say that :) > > > > I'll second that. Absolutely. > > > > If you've created an object and are asking, 'Now what can I do > > with this object?' then you're not designing software, you're > > laying bricks. Find a module that, from the documentation, > > looks like it will do what you want. Then commit to using that > > module with the documented interface alone. After that, if > > you find you've made the wrong decision, be prepared to backtrack > > as far as necessary to redeem yourself. > > first of all. objects and modules are for software reuse as i understand it. so > installing and using modules from CPAN leaves me as a bricklayer!
Being a bricklayer is a fine thing. But I thought this group was for beginner Perl programmers? If you take your module, poke it around a little, and say 'I wonder what this will do if...' then you will probably end up with Carhenge. Read the Owners' Manual and you'll find that you could have driven countless times to visit the magnificent results of a bricklayer at work across the country. Cheers, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
