# New Ticket Created by Patrick R. Michaud # Please include the string: [perl #39081] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39081 >
If a subclass doesn't define an "__init" method, then creating a new instance of the subclass results in multiple calls to the base class "__init" method. I'm not sure if this is a real bug, or if the answer is that "all class definitions must define an '__init' method, even if that method is empty." Here's a test program demonstrating the bug: $ cat init2.pir .sub main :main $P0 = newclass 'Foo' $P1 = subclass $P0, 'Bar' $P2 = new 'Bar' .end .namespace [ 'Foo' ] .sub '__init' :method say "foo constructor" .return () .end $ ./parrot init2.pir foo constructor foo constructor $ I've added a test for this to t/pmc/objects.t, feel free to remove or otherwise adjust the test if this is in fact correct behavior (and we should update the documentation if this is the case). Pm