On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 11:39:07AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> thanks for this new release. One remark: it is possible to say now (debugger
>session):
>
> DB<1> $io=Event->io(parked=>1, data=>[qw(a b c d)])
> DB<2> x $io->data
> 0 undef
> DB<3> $io->data([qw(a b c d)])
> DB<4> !2
> 0 ARRAY(0x23e444)
> 0 'a'
> 1 'b'
> 2 'c'
> 3 'd'
Oh! That's bad.
> That means, "data" can be used as a method now but not as a constructor parameter.
>(Well, it can be used, but without
> effect.) For complete consistency, I suggest to let it behave like all other
>attributes - which can be set both by method
> AND constructor parameter.
Sure, except that it is not easy to determine the correct package from
inside Event::Watcher::init().
I don't know how to fix this, but I can add a warning to complain about
'data' in the constructor...
--
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
via, but not speaking for Deutsche Bank
