On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 01:12:46PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> JNP> Your brain isn't twisted enough. The reference is a hash only
> JNP> because I made it that way by default. The event magic can be
> JNP> attached to any kind of reference. For example, see
> JNP> t/attach_to.t.
>
> hmm, rare that someone doesn't think i am twisted. :-) i grok that the
> magic part is separate from the actual reference and you can use any ref
> type. but i feel dirty directly accessing the hash and not through a
> method.
Why? This isn't C++, y'know?
> JNP> Sure, but you still haven't convinced me that it is necessary. ;-)
>
> <carrot>
> with sugar on top?
> </carrot>
>
> <stick>
> or i will beat you with a large clue bat
> </stick>
OK, shall I call it 'data'?
> so there is a good reason! actually in a few cases (plain) i return the
> watcher object since there is no need for encapsulated data there. all i
> want is a callback of an object/method. but making that work across the
> board would clean up the design. i would always return the watcher but
> it would be reblessed to my class which would inherit the Event
> classes. then the high level user could use any of my methods or yours
> without any conflicts and extra code.
Yes. We are in agreement.
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