yitzchak scottthoennes geqqfguvefnorg fri october 26 2007 1205 pm linda w wrote rafael garciasuarez wrote linda w wrote im firmly opinion foo return undef execution time foo defined ie foo doesnt exist function exist undefined perl wle sub fooprint defined foo print exists foo 1 appears foo autovivifies foo like forward declaration would grrrr admit may dont agree see usefulness autovivification function fraught danger overly dramatic times pah dispatch table begin block httpperlmonksorgnode_id647782 example perlmonks thread httpperlmonksorgnode_id647749 provides imo unarguable rare use case returning undef general seems wrong foo really needs create forward declaration forward declarations must affect method resolution see example httpperlmonksorgnode_id647781 pretty much stuck things possible fix see would making creates forward declaration set special flag saying ignore cv method resolution making special semiexists state idea makes ill seems much ddtt situation im curious know first place wed 06 aug 2008 224943 0700 broken ooparentmethod call