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  • lvalue methods (Score:2)

    by vsergu (505) on 2004.04.05 16:06 (#29909) Journal

    Have you read the bit in perlsub that suggests lvalue methods like that are a bad idea?

    A normal mutator can check the supplied argument before setting the attribute it is protecting, an lvalue subroutine never gets that chance.

    Okay, it's a run-on sentence, but it seems reasonable to me, and it then gives an example. Do you disagree? I haven't done much with lvalue subroutines, so maybe there's a way around the problem.

    • Wow. That perldoc sentence is as bad as some of the sentences I've been known to spit out: s/,/;/;.

      I think you're right. A nice idea foiled by a poor implementation :(

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