linda w twaxvptwszvtlinxorg pagaltzis via rt wrote linda w 20071116 2155 terms used definition defined however one likes define use word humpty dumpty said rather scornful tone perl humptydumpty oo implementation saying perl fails oo definition thats way could find perls oo fails didnt say way way done wrong textbook oo didnt look hard try looking encapsulation next trick ok insideout objects fix 510 includes support make reasonably sane edge cases praise goodness took 15 years didnt start earnestly trying use oo features perl io objects already existence never experienced lack solved namespace collisions slightly differently fine programs oo design implementation basic perl worked fine since perl subroutines perl 3 early 90s problem broken implementation requiring newfullyspecified methods replace old instead allowing undefined function stubs generate fatal error place thats issue perl throws undefined functionmethod error tries looking method parent say reverse try looking parental methods dying doesnt require differentiation functions methods called smethod vs funcs fri 08 aug 2008 015348 0800 perl 47181 try oo semantics throwing fatal error