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2021-10-14 18:57 Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:41:35 +0900
> Yuki Kimoto <kimoto.yuki@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to change to the expected behavior?
> ...
>
> That would be /possible/ but it would mean that it no longer behaves
> like the existing ->isa method.
>
> The original ->isa method behaves badly too:
>
> $ perl -E 'say "URGH" if (bless {}, "not-a-hash")->isa("HASH")'
> URGH
>
> Thus is the core of the problem. Do we
>
> a) Implement `isa` exactly like `->isa`, including that mistake?
>
> b) Implement `isa` better, knowing it no longer matches `->isa`
>
> Pick one. Both are bad. :(
>
>
I pick b) Implement `isa` better, knowing it no longer matches `->isa`
Porters, Which do you want, a or b?
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