The DBI has this very problem! DBI-connect() returns DBI::db
objects, DBI-prepare() returns DBI::st. If you want to override the
behavior for statement handles and connections, its not enough to just
subclass DBI::st and DBI::db, you must also subclass DBI and override
connect() and prepare()
I haven't (and won't) have time to go into this in detail :-(
I feel that this proposal is solving the wrong problem. The issue is
that the original Forest and Frog (or DBI and DBI::st) classes are not
*designed* for user-definable Frogs (DBI::st's). If that functionality
is widely needed, the
Damian Conway wrote:
I didn't see any mention of my plea that Ctie should pass the
original variable being tied as one of its arguments. :-(
That's because it's a dumb idea!!
**Kidding!**
I forgot about this, sorry. I'll add it to the next version ;-)
my $x = 10;
tie
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:26:45 -0700, Glenn Linderman wrote:
Read RFC 241 for a brief overview of pseudo-hash problems.
I've already read RFC 241. Re-reading in this context results in the following
comments/quests for information. The remaining quotes here come from RFC 241...
Thanks for getting this RFC together, Piers.
A few comments:
* I suggest you remove my alternative C:must(Foo) suggestion.
It's too ugly to live, inless you just want to use it as a
scare tactic to encourage Larry to chose the Cinterface
syntax instead ;-)
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
Objects: Revamp tie to support extensibility (Massive tie changes)
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 7 Sep 2000
Last Modified: 20 Sep 2000
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