Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I didn't see any mention of my plea that C<tie> should pass the
> original variable being tied as one of its arguments. :-(
>
> E.g.:
>
> sub ReadOnly::TIESCALAR {
> my ($class, $original, @otherargs) = @_;
> bless {
> internals => \@otherargs,
> value => $original,
> }, $class
> }
>
> sub ReadOnly::FETCH { return $_[0]->{value} }
>
> # and later:
>
> my $x = 10;
> tie $x, 'ReadOnly';
> print $x; # still prints 10
>
>
> I feel that additional functionality is *very* important.
Seconded. Really, really strongly. Even if it does smack of *very*
spooky action at a distance if one isn't careful. But that's the whole
point of tie...
--
Piers
