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On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:21:51AM -0500, "Randy W. Sims" <RandyS@ThePierianSpring.org> wrote: > >>># test.pl > >>>package MyModule; > >>>use Module; > >>>use base 'Module'; > >>>use Cwd; > > > > > >If you moved that above the use Module line then when Module.pm > >was compiled it would know Cwd::cwd was a function. > > Tried that too. Removing it does work though, but that's not a solution; > it's not reasonable to tell clients that subclass your library not to > 'use Cwd'. If your class provides a method foo(), it is reasonable to tell those who subclass that defining a sub foo or importing one from elsewhere into their class will override the base method foo(). > I'm having a hard time grasping the order in which perl is interpreting > this. What is desired is that $p->cwd() call Module::cwd() which should > then forward the call to Cwd::cwd(). But no matter how I rearrange > things I can't coax the behavior I want. > > I'm missing something simple here; I know it... use Cwd (); ??Thread Previous | Thread Next