Re: Help me understand

2009-12-05 Thread Uri Guttman
> "SHC" == Shawn H Corey writes: SHC> New-style Perl objects are written in Moose don't claim moose is the only new style objects. nor are they the ultimate as they have their issues too. plain old hash objects are fine for most common classes and better in many cases too than complex thi

Re: Help me understand

2009-12-05 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: 120 > I've looked at this: > > sub encrypt { > my $self = shift; > my $xx = $$self; > #.. cut stuff I do understand > > return $self->SUPER::encrypt(); > } > > Could someone help me with the Perl to English here? > I get that $self is shifting the arguement. $self is se

Re: Help me understand

2009-12-05 Thread Shawn H Corey
120 wrote: > On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 08:45 -0500, Someone Something wrote: >> SUPER is a class that controls the superclass of the current class. >> Look here: http://search.cpan.org/~chromatic/SUPER-1.17/lib/SUPER.pm >> >> So, what that means is, run the encrypt method/subroutine/function of >> the

Re: Help me understand

2009-12-05 Thread 120
On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 08:45 -0500, Someone Something wrote: > SUPER is a class that controls the superclass of the current class. > Look here: http://search.cpan.org/~chromatic/SUPER-1.17/lib/SUPER.pm > > So, what that means is, run the encrypt method/subroutine/function of > the superclass of the

Re: Help me understand

2009-12-05 Thread Someone Something
SUPER is a class that controls the superclass of the current class. Look here: http://search.cpan.org/~chromatic/SUPER-1.17/lib/SUPER.pm So, what that means is, run the encrypt method/subroutine/function of the superclass of the current class. Something I would highly recommend is dive into Beginn

Help me understand

2009-12-05 Thread 120
Hi, I'm in my 50's and new to Perl, and I love it! Wish I discovered it years ago :-( Slowly I'm learning bits an pieces but find myself getting confused at times. I have that situation today. I've looked at this: sub encrypt { my $self = shift; my $xx = $$self; #.. cut stuff I

Re: Help me understand References?

2003-01-27 Thread Tim Musson
Hey wiggins, My MUA believes you used to write the following on Monday, January 27, 2003 at 2:37:14 PM. wdo> Yes that is an array reference, which is likely correct. Cool, at least I am not totally out to lunch... >> My question is how do I get it to print correctly like the FROM >> l

RE: Help me understand References?

2003-01-27 Thread wiggins
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:17:36 -0500, Tim Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The above code bit works just fine, with the exception of the > $client->{TO} part. That prints ARRAY(0x1d8a454) and I _think_ that is > an array reference (right?). >

Help me understand References?

2003-01-27 Thread Tim Musson
, I think that is my problem anyway... I am using the Net::SMTP::Server module as the server end of testing SMTP mail. Very basic, which is what I was after. It uses Net::SMTP::Server::Client to handle incoming client requests. The example - changed just a bit - lets me print the Envelope data (

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-23 Thread Dan Brown
answer? I just joined this group and would love to > read the great answer referenced in the post. > > Thanks, > > Mike > > -Original Message- > From: Sean O'Leary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-23 Thread Casey West
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:08:36PM -0500, Hanby, Mike wrote: : Could you repost the answer? I just joined this group and would love to : read the great answer referenced in the post. Don't forget about the archives at: http://archive.develooper.com/beginners%40perl.org/ -- Casey West

RE: help me understand $_

2001-04-23 Thread Hanby, Mike
Could you repost the answer? I just joined this group and would love to read the great answer referenced in the post. Thanks, Mike -Original Message- From: Sean O'Leary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: help me under

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-23 Thread Sean O'Leary
At 07:33 PM 4/22/2001, you wrote: >Sean O'Leary -- Damn that was a good explaination! I >felt like I understood $_ very well before, but I >understand it even better now. A very perlish post >indeed. Larry the linguist would be proud! > >Matt Thanks. : ) I'm glad I could help out. There are lo

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread Andy Sharp
> > Are there performance implications for using the implicit variable ($_) rather > than declaring a specific variable? If so how great ? Yes, though very minimal performance hit if anything. Consider the following: while (chomp(my $line = )) { ... } vs. while ()( ... } According to an exc

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread Casey West
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:01:02PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : : Hello Andy, : : Are there performance implications for using the implicit variable ($_) rather : than declaring a specific variable? If so how great ? There is no performance penalty that will be noticable. Note that Pe

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread jcowan
Hello Andy, Are there performance implications for using the implicit variable ($_) rather than declaring a specific variable? If so how great ? Also, are there times when one is preferred over another - or is it simply the coder's preference? Thanks very much for your input john

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread Matt Cauthorn
Sean O'Leary -- Damn that was a good explaination! I felt like I understood $_ very well before, but I understand it even better now. A very perlish post indeed. Larry the linguist would be proud! Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the th

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread Sean O'Leary
At 02:47 PM 4/22/2001, you wrote: >i have read about it in 3 books and even used it in scripts i have made >but i still dont truly know how to be sure what $_ contains...can anyone >clear this up for me? Thanks >Chris Brown I think the best way to talk about $_ is to speak about it linguistica

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread Collin Rogowski
$_ is just a global variable (with a funny name). Many functions or operators just use this variable, when you not explicitly tell them to use another one. e.g chomp. chomp needs a variable to work on. You can supply one like chomp $x; If you don't chomp thinks you mean chomp $_; and acts exac

Re: help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread Andy Sharp
Hi, Chris Brown wrote: > i have read about it in 3 books and even used it in scripts i have > made but i still dont truly know how to be sure what $_ contains... > can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks Interesting question, which can be answered in a multitude of ways. The long and the s

help me understand $_

2001-04-22 Thread Chris Brown
i have read about it in 3 books and even used it in scripts i have made but i still dont truly know how to be sure what $_ contains...can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks Chris Brown