Je 2003-09-16 15:40:45 +0100, David Cantrell skribis: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 02:44:25PM +0100, Shevek wrote: > > > This whole chained accessors thing is a definite perl-ism and will do you > > no favours with people for whom Perl is not a primary language. > > I see similar method chaining in Java. > > poing = foo.convert_to_bar().do_stuff_to_object().convert_to_string();
I don't think chaining per se is under discussion, rather accessors that chain. Are any of those methods in your example accessors? Paul "what Andy said" M. -- Paul Makepeace ....................................... http://paulm.com/ "If the moon is a balloon, then it would be ruined for everyone." -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/