On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Joshua Hoblitt wrote: > > Why not: > > > > $dur1 = new DT::Dur( days => 2 ); > > $dur2 = new DT::Dur( months => 1 ); > > $dur3 = $dur1 - $dur2; > > $dur3->add( days => 3 ); > > > > If you add $dur3 to a date, it would add 2 days and > > subtract a month, then add 3 days again. > > > > This is not too difficult to implement. > > Is it too confusing? > > This gets my vote. It's not as 'cool' as the code-ref solution but it > is the behavior I'd expect from user defined data types.
Ok, this is wack. When I ask the object for "delta_days" or just "days" what is it going to give me? Any solution needs to be something that allows the end-user to ask the object what it represents and get a reasonable, useful answer. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
