ch09.010_prob

Perl Best Practices the source code

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## Code fragment (NOT RECOMMENDED) from Chapter 9 of "Perl Best Practices"  ##
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# Standard modules...
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Prompt;
use Carp;
use English qw( -no_match_vars );
use Data::Alias;
use Readonly;

my $status;

# Uncommenting has significant effect...
# sub curr_obj { return 'Foo'; }

curr_obj->update($status);      # Maybe the same (if currobj() already declared), 
                                # otherwise call update() on class 'curr_obj'

# Uncommenting has no effect...
# sub curr_obj { return 'Foo'; }


package curr_obj;

sub update {
    print "updating curr_obj...\n";
}

package Foo;

sub update {
    print "updating Foo...\n";
}