On 4 Apr 2007, at 17:21, John Siracusa wrote:
[snip]
> The only way to distinguish the two is by calling context. That
> said, there
> are (slightly) better ways to detect the context than using caller().
> Here's what I suggest:
>
> # Override init in you common base class
> # (See the Rose::Object docs for details)
> sub init
> {
> my($self) = shift;
> local $self->{'__allow_set'} = 1; # or whatever attr name you
> pick
> $self->SUPER::init(@_);
> }
[snip]
> Granted, this is still a bit of a hack, but at least it only relies on
> public APIs, rather than internal implementation details.
[snip]
I've done something similar myself.
Since there are at least three folk who have wanted this sort of
functionality - would it be worth adding something like
is_initialising() to Rose::DB::Object::Util? Just to prevent
gratuitous wheel reinvention :-)
Adrian
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