On 6/21/05, Adam Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You are of course assuming that every use of AUTOLOAD, for all time,
> will result in
>
> a) Calling another function
> b) An error
>
> Wouldn't this lead to hacks where people do things like this just to
> prevent perl thinking it's a failure?
>
> sub AUTOLOAD ($whatever) { # but no [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> my $s = get_subref_for $whatever;
> our &::($whatever) := $s;
> return sub () { 1 };
> }
>
> The ability to get complete control over the params and context of the
> function, and maybe run something else AFTER the function call is important.
I think people are being pretty closed-minded about closures. If it
comes down to it, you can always get your good old Perl 5 AUTOLOAD
like this:
sub AUTOLOAD ($whatever) { sub ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) {
...
} }
Luke
