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UNIVERSAL (Score:1)
Perhaps you could add something like
Object::ID->object_id_for($object)
Or use Object::ID qw(obj_id);
These would both avoid UNIVERSAL and avoid needing to add *anything* to *any* class *ever*.
Every time someone puts something in UNIVERSAL, %%RND_BAD_THING%%.
rjbs
Re: (Score:2)
All the objections associated with UNIVERSAL::isa($obj, $class) vs $obj->isa($class); come to mind. Why would you override object_id()? Its too early to say. Apparently we thought the same thing about isa() and can().
OTOH maybe someone might write their own object_id() method that does something different and you'll accidentally get that? Entirely possible, but turns out to be highly improbable. A Google Code Search [google.com] there's only a handful of object_id() methods out there (I cut out BioPerl, Moco and
Re:UNIVERSAL (Score:1)
"FWIW you can already call object_id($obj)."
Oh, of course, because although it is advertised that you're importing it to be called via your package as a method, it can be imported in for use as a function. Hooray!
rjbs
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