class bar { method foo () {}}
my bar $a = bar.new();
say so $a.can("foo");
True
my Int $b;
say so $b.can("foo");
False
I'm not sure this warrants a new _ok method.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to create a testing subroutine to detect if a class object
> has a certain method.
>
> I want it to look something like this:
>
> my $obj = Foo.new();
> can_ok($obj, 'method1');
>
> sub can_ok($obj, Str $method_name) {
> if $obj.{$method_name}:exists {
> say "ok";
> return True;
> }
> else {
> say "not ok";
> return False;
> }
> }
>
> A similar function can detect valid attributes, but this or variants
> I've tried don't.
>
> How can I test for the existence of a method?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers!
>
> -Tom
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Will "Coke" Coleda
