What do I actually need to do to get Class::ReturnValue into the modules list at this
point, then?
Thanks,
Jesse
On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:28:03PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 10:36:18AM -0500, Jesse wrote:
> > Well, this one isn't actually something that changes control flow. It's
> > more of an object with rich behaviour that a method can hand back to its
> > caller, who can work with it in more ways than your usual return value.
>
> Sure, but it's role is to carry a value (and baggage) across a
> particular kind of flow crontrol.
>
> (Okay, it's a stretch, but only a small one :)
>
> > It is, like most things these days, intended to be a base class that an
> > author can subclass to get specialized extra behaviour for an
> > application-specific return value object. Would Class::ReturnValue
> > make sense?
>
> Yeap. That's fine by me. Thanks.
>
> Tim.
>
> > -j
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 11:12:01AM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 09:09:11PM -0800, William R Ward wrote:
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Perl Authors Upload Server) writes:
> > > > > modid: Return::Value
> > > > > Return::Value is an object which encapsulates most of the standard
> > > > > behaviors for function/method return values. It allows a function to
> > > > > return an object that is treated as a boolean in boolean context, as
> > > > > an array in array context and as a rich object if the caller wants
> > > > > to use advanced features such as stack traces or lists of warnings
> > > > > or complex return datatypes.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think that a "Return" top-level namespace is a very good
> > > > choice for this.. How about (something)::ReturnValue, for some
> > > > reasonable value of (something)?
> > >
> > > Umm, in the 'control flow' section of the module list we currently have
> > >
> > > * AtExit - atexit() function to register exit-callbacks
> > > * Callback - Define easy to use function callback objects
> > > * Hook::PrePostCall - Add actions before and after a routine
> > > * Memoize - Cache results of individual function calls
> > > * Religion - Control where you go when you die()/warn()
> > >
> > > It's kind'a tempting to propose a ControlFlow:: category.
> > > Most/all of the above would have fitted in there nicely
> > > (usually a sign of a good name).
> > >
> > > So how about ControlFlow::ReturnValue ?
> > >
> > > Tim.
> > >
> >
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