Re: Calling Parent Methods

Hi,

from perldoc HTML::Mason::Devel:

       If the call path starts with "PARENT:", then Mason will
       start looking in the current component's parent for the
       named method.


-- 
Yours sincerely,
Vadim.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Wheeler wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I just had to figure out how to call a parent method from a component 
> method. I finally figured out the syntax:
> 
>    $m->base_comp->parent->call_method($meth_name);
> 
> But that seems unnecessarily verbose, given the shortcuts with SELF. 
> Maybe I missed something?
> 
> If not, how about a SUPER keyword?
> 
>    <& SUPER:.methname &>
> 
> Or:
> 
>    <& SELF:SUPER:.methname &>
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
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