>>>>> "JNP" == Joshua N Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JNP> On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 12:05:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
JNP> What is wrong with this:
>>
JNP> $watcher->{data} = ...; #?
>>
>> that breaks the OO rules. one shoudl never assume knowledge about the
>> internal stucture of an object. there should be a method/attribute for that.
JNP> But you can't access the internal structure of a watcher except via
JNP> methods. The hash part is entirely empty.
then i am curious, what and how do you store the info for a watcher? if
not in the hash of $watcher, then what? a pseudohash? or closures?
but in any case, that is not clean OO coding and i won't do it. access
to the data attribute must be controled by a method.
JNP> You can also add methods with a prefix. For example,
JNP> package Event::Watcher;
JNP> sub uri_data { ... }
is that documented? what prefix is allowed (any string)? i assume the
prefix is to avoid method name collisions. this is not cool OO coding
either IMO. i will write damian conway to see what he thinks about that
idea.
uri
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