On Jun 5, 1:24 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Phoenix) wrote:
> On 6/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What I'm having trouble understanding is how $class is passed the
> > argument "Horse" when I don't explicitly pass Horse as a parameter to
> > speak.
>
> It's automatic when you use the method syntax. If you called a
> subroutine in the normal way, perl would leave your argument list
> alone. But when you make a method call, perl adds the class name (or
> blessed object) as the first parameter.
>
> # Without method syntax, manually include the class name
> &Horse::speak("Horse");
>
> # With method syntax, perl adds it for you
> Horse->speak();
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --Tom Phoenix
> Stonehenge Perl Training
I was a fool....skipped the paragraph that explained what was going
on.
Thanks for the replies
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