On Apr 6, 2005 2:33 PM, Manish Sapariya wrote: > Hi List, > Can somebody throw some light on what the following > code snippet is doing... > > ================================== > @Utils::ISA = qw(Exporter); > @Utils::EXPORT = qw(set_verbose vprint logmsg > convert_size ip2int int2ip > time2str); > =========================== > > EXPORT if I gues correctly, is exporing the functions > listed in the modules. > > But then why would one need to export them explicitly. >
Because if functions were exported automatically, they would pollute the namespace of the calling script. Read: http://perldoc.perl.org/Exporter.html > I dont have any clue whats the significance of ISA. > > What perldoc shall I see for help on this? > Start here for ISA info: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlboot.html#A-few-notes-about--ISA Then read this: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlobj.html#A-Class-is-Simply-a-Package HTH, -- Offer Kaye -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
