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On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 12:37:49PM -0800, Michael Jacob wrote: > Hi all, > > As we have seen in the last month, both UNIVERSAL:: and UNIVERSAL.pm are broken in concept. Multiple fixes/workarounds have been discussed, but none took. So I took some time to layout the root of the problem in my head. This is the result: > > > 1.) Change can()'s semantics. > > can() returns unexpected reults if any module changed something > in the UNIVERSAL:: package. This can make other modules fail, we > have seen this with DBI(!)... So: Please be specific re the DBI, ideally with a test case. And note that the DBI imlements it's own can() method for handles. Tim.Thread Previous | Thread Next