[LA.pm] Classes with heterogeneous objects?
Randal L. Schwartz
merlyn at stonehenge.com
Fri Mar 2 21:06:57 PST 2012
>>>>> "Mike" == Mike MacKenzie <mackenziemikebus at yahoo.com> writes:
Mike> Can any of you guys think of an interesting use case for a class
Mike> that creates objects with disparate internal structures like
Mike> this? Or do you know of an existing module that does this?
The big problem would be the amount of sheer navel-gazing you'd need
within the class to do anything like accessing the attributes.
Hint: if you have to use "ref" a lot in your design, you lose.
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