On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 05:05:53PM -0400, Mark Jason Dominus wrote: > > The attached patch rephrases three pieces of Perl documentation which > > suggest that calling UNIVERSAL::isa() or UNIVERSAL::can() directly is a > > good idea. The revised version explains why it's a bad idea and gives > > more correct recommendations. > > You seem to have removed all mentions of use of UNIVERSAL::isa($x, > 'HASH') without either introducing any equivalent replacement or > indicating any valid reason why it would be a bad idea. > > This use of UNIVERSAL::isa is essentially orthogonal to the other > uses; I think it makes sense to leave it in and document it separately.
I agree. Unless we want to resurrect autoboxing? :) -- Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~schwern 'All anyone gets in a mirror is themselves,' she said. 'But what you gets in a good gumbo is everything.' -- "Witches Abroad" by Terry Prachett
