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Scalar::Properties does some of that (Score:1)

by marcel (3299) on 2003.08.09 19:01 (#22947) Journal

Have you seen Scalar::Properties?

Seems to do some of what you propose.

ObPlug.

Marcel

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- Re:Scalar::Properties does some of that (Score:1)
  
  by ethan (3163)
  
  No, actually I hadn't seen it. It seems to result in the same interface. Two differences though: One is the implementation. You use constant overloading and thus turn things into real objects. autobox on the other hand wont ever bless something. It invokes the method directly on the primitives (and thus wont suffer from the slowdown caused by blessed referents). Btw, it is lexically scoped, so it can be turned on and off selectively for blocks.
  
  Secondly, Scalar::Properties comes with its own methods whereau

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