On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com> wrote:
> The form
>
> print FILEHANDLE LIST
>
> is actually 'indirect object' syntax for
> calling the print method of the IO::Handle object FILEHANDLE. This is from
> 'perldoc perlobj':
*snip*
> So you can, if you like, use the more usual arrow syntax for calling the
> method.
I've been wondering about this syntax and wanted to thank Rob Dixon
for explaining it. :) I just tested it out and was amazed at just how
easily I made a working example (with no prior experience writing
modules or object-oriented Perl).
./Foo/Bar.pm:
use strict;
use warnings;
package Foo::Bar;
sub create
{
my $this = shift;
my $class = ref($this) || $this;
my ($fh) = @_;
my $self = {
fh => $fh
};
bless $self, $class;
return $self;
}
sub baz
{
my $this = shift;
my (@args) = @_;
print { $this->{fh} } @args;
}
1;
__END__
./test.pl:
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Foo::Bar;
my $bar = Foo::Bar->create(\*STDOUT);
$bar->baz("This was a triumph.\nI'm making a note here.");
baz { $bar } " HUGE SUCCESS.\n";
__END__
Output:
This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here. HUGE SUCCESS.
Fancy. :)
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