----- Original Message ----- From: "Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Below is a modified form of that > script that hints at what I'm asking about. Afaik, the Devel::Peek::Dump()s > of both the Soldier object and the Civilian object don't reveal anything > that DESTROY() could use to determine whether it's dealing with a Soldier > object or a Civilian object. > [snip] Seems to me that the script included with that post is a bad idea. Not only can DESTROY() not know whether it's dealing with a Soldier structure or a Civilian structure, but perl itself doesn't seem to know either. I found I could call (from perl) Civilian methods on Soldier structures and vice-versa ..... no complaint, no error, just the wrong answer (or, rather, an unexpected answer when an error was expected). To me, that's an indication that I should not be trying to bless different structures into the same package. Cheers, Rob
