use Perl

• UNIVERSAL (Score:1)

  by rjbs (4671)

  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)

    by schwern (1528)

    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: (Score:1)

      by Aristotle (5147)

      You can check in object_id_for if the object provides a method can trampoline to that. Then you get to have it both ways.
      • Hash::FieldHash (Score:1)

        by Ron Savage (5224)

        Hi

        Why use the heavy-weight Hash::Util::FieldHash when the light-weight Hash::FieldHash is available?
        • Re:Hash::FieldHash (Score:2)

          by schwern (1528) on 2010.05.03 13:36 (#71958) Homepage Journal

          You're right, it is significantly faster. Over 2x faster. I'll do some more testing and switch it over.

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