Re: cgi and inheritance

I haven't seen any PErl code with ->log-> like that before. I've only seen =
code like that with =3D error(*).

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Patton, Billy" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Oct 6, 2014 9:33 AM
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Subject: cgi and inheritance
>
>I=E2=80=99ve recently inherited some code that hasn=E2=80=99t been touched=
 in over 5 years. It=E2=80=99s all cgi and OOPerl.
>I=E2=80=99ve ran across this one statement that I don=E2=80=99t understand=
.
>
>$self->log->error(*)
>
>I know the self
>and I=E2=80=99ve traced the error to CGI::Application through inheritance.
>But it=E2=80=99s the ->log-> that has me confused.
>I have no class named log
>I find no place that is does a new on log anywhere in the family tree.
>I cannot find any log class anywhere in the family tree of inheritance.
>
>Is this just a method of using a perl hash that I=E2=80=99m not familiar w=
ith?
>Could it be rewritten as=20
>$self->{=E2=80=98log=E2=80=99}->error(*);
>
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>on MAC 10.9.5
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