Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly

[Michael Fowler]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 11:41:47AM -0700, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> Michael Fowler wrote:
> > 
> >     my Dog $spot;           # $spot is now a blessed Dog object
> >     $spot->name("Fido");    # $spot->{'name'} eq "Fido"
> > 
> >     print ref $spot;        # yes, "Dog"
> > 
> >     $spot = new Dalmation;  # now $spot is a Dalmation object
> 
> Yes, but the Dalmation $spot will *not* have the name "Fido," will it?

Nope, $spot is now an entirely new object.


Michael
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