RE: properties

2001-05-23 Thread Garrett Goebel
From: Jonathan Scott Duff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:10:55AM -0500, Garrett Goebel wrote: > > What is UNIVERSAL::can($foo, 'new') going to return if > > there is a variable and/or value property 'new' set > > on $foo? > > undef if there is no "new" method. Then what

RE: properties

2001-05-23 Thread Austin Hastings
--- Garrett Goebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then what's the use of using object methods to override properties? It's funny that the discussion should go this way. From way back in the beginning, I got the impression that properties were temporary hacks, and object methods would be the des