In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
>>>>>> "Drieux" == Drieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>Drieux> if ( ref($got_back) eq "Foo::Bar")
>
>No no no. Stop using ref(). It means you can't replace it
>with a subclass of it.
>
>You want (and I show in my still-hidden article);
>
> if (UNIVERSAL::isa($got_back, "Foo::Bar")) { ... }
If $got_back might not be a reference, there is a (very unlikely)
problem if it happens to be a class name instead. See
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=200406061505.17786.peter%40adpm.de
But in this case, if you're already sure it's an object, there's
no problem.
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Peter Scott
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