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> How is it different from simple tie()ing?
For most folks outside P5P tie()ing isn't "simple".
In any case this *is* tie()ing, just packaged much more conveniently.
> See also
>
> my Dog $snoopy;
>
> and PREPARE method.
This is orthogonal to typed lexicals.
In fact, there's no reason you couldn't:
classify my Dog $snoopy => 'Pilot';
Typed lexicals aren't enough on their own. Specifically, they won't stop
type-incompatible assignments that introduce subtle bugs:
my Dog $snoopy;
$snoopy = Alligator->new();
$snoopy->pat(); # unexpected behaviour ;-)
$snoopy->{age}++; # maybe *very* unexpected behaviour
# E.g:
#
# package Dog;
# use fields qw(name age sex breed);
#
# package Alligator;
# use fields qw(age size weight ID);
Damian
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