Hello all, The following thread was part of a reply written a while back.
R. Joseph Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : Gary Stainburn wrote: : : > sub new { : > my $this=shift; # allow for CLASS->new() : > my $class=ref($this) || $this; # or $obj->new(); : : The docs that suggested this are in the process of being : deprecated. It is not a good idea to have objects create : other objects with new(). : I'll have more later on this, if others don't fill in the : blanks in the meantime. I didn't notice anyone filling in the blanks here. As a practical exercise, I'll create an object oriented version of File::Basename::fileparser(). I'll call the module MyFileBasename.pm. When writing the new constructor, do I just ignore $class or is there some better (or more preferred) way to write it? package MyFileBasename; use File::Basename; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = { file_name => undef, base => undef, path => undef, type => undef, }; bless $self; $self->initialize( @_ ) if @_; return $self; } TIA, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>