> -----Original Message----- > From: Garrett, Philip (MAN-Corporate) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:00 AM > To: datetime@perl.org > Subject: RE: from_epoch for DateTime::LazyInit? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Measham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:16 PM > > To: Garrett, Philip (MAN-Corporate) > > Cc: datetime@perl.org > > Subject: Re: from_epoch for DateTime::LazyInit? [snip] > > > I also added an overloadable class method __datetime_class() so > > > that if you want to use a subclass of DateTime (as I do) then you > > > can. > > > > I'm not sure I want to do this .. we don't do this sort of thing in > > any other DateTime module (afaik) so until we work out if/how we > > want to do it then I'm a little loathe to include it. > > > > Unless Dave and the rest of the DateTime team want to chime in, I'd > > just suggest you overload the whole __inflate() routine. > > That's fine too. However, the underscores in front of the method name > indicate to me that it's "extremely private." Making the DateTime > class name overloadable is both easier for users (since they don't > have to implement all the innards of __inflate) and more easily > documented.
Maybe I should have tested this better before I opened my big mouth. It doesn't even work because of the constructor strategy. Phili
