> On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:44:58PM -0600, Dan Muey wrote: > >> If you don't care about older perls (and 5.005_03 is getting > >> kind of mouldy) then do something like > >> > >> use 5.006; > >> > >> use base qw(Exporter); > > > > And that brings up another issue: > > what is the difference between: > > our @ISA = qw(Exporter); > > and > > use base qw(Exporter); > > > > Is one more compatible with certain versions or better or worse ?? > > Don't forget that all these pragmatic modules have manpages: > > % perldoc base > > > It seems use base would be better since it handles @ISA and > will do a > > better job at it than I. > > I'm sure you would have done a fine job. :-)
Thanks for the vote of confidence! > > But the "use base" approach will also require() the module, > so it can reduce the amount of boilerplate at the top of your module. > > # > # this is more readable... > # > package Foo; > use base qw(Exporter Dynaloader); > > # > # than this > # > package Foo; > require Exporter; > require Dynaloader; > our @ISA = qw(Exporter Dynaloader); That's what I figured, thanks fo rthe sanity check, I think I've got it! > > -- > Steve > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
