Re: [Module-build-general] [PATCH] Better Makefile.PLs. Property methods.

[Michael G S. <sc...@po...>]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:02:29AM +0100, Steve Purkis wrote:
> Can I also suggest a slight variation on the accessor methods to return 
> $self in 'set' context, ie:
> 
>       *{$property} = sub {
>           my $self = shift;
>           if (@_) { $self->{$property} = $_[0]; return $self; }
>           else    { return $self->{$property}; }
>       };
> 
>       # means I can do this:
>       $self->module_name( 'Foo' )
>            ->install_base( '/home/foo' );

        $self->module_name( 'Foo' );
        $self->install_base( '/home/foo' );

It doesn't buy much.

And it means you can't simultaneously set and get.

    do_this if $self->module_bleh( $foo );


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Michael G Schwern        sc...@po...  http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
Hold on while I slip into something a little more naked.