>>>>> "Paul" == Paul D Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> %% Regarding Re: ISA inheritance vs. DBI?; you wrote:
rls> Let class methods be class methods. Instance methods be instance
rls> methods. Especially for constructors.
rls> Just another guy who has been OO-programming for *21* years, and
rls> a member of the "help stamp out ref($class)||$class meme"
rls> committee!
Paul> Don't want to be a pain in the ass, but this code is _straight_ from
Paul> Camel, where it's used in examples with the new() class constructor
Paul> method.
And I disagreed with it being both there and in "perltoot". But
unfortunately, someone who's been programming OO far fewer years than
I have is in charge of both of those documents.
Paul> Just in case you're wondering where all the embers of that meme you're
Paul> stomping on are coming from :).
Yes. I know.
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