> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:51:08 -0600, Wiggins d Anconia wrote > > > > perldoc UNIVERSAL specifically the 'can' function. > > That's the one. But who's it calling "DUMMY"? That's not my code... > > C:\temp>type test.pl > use CGI; > use Data::Dumper; > > my ${ref} = CGI->can( 'param' ); > > print Dumper( ${ref} ); > > ${ref} = CGI->can( 'goober' ); > > print Dumper( ${ref} ); > > exit( 0 ); > > C:\temp>test.pl > $VAR1 = sub { "DUMMY" }; > $VAR1 = undef; >
See Bob's e-mail and the docs for 'can' in Universal, both talk about Autoloading, which you have just found. CGI uses autoloading for tag generation when a method isn't recognized. (At least that is my understanding of it). http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
