Re: Superclass method modifiers don't run when attribute is extended/modified

Bernardo,

On May 16, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Bernardo Rechea wrote:
>
> OK, so I just responded a message where I said:
>> Oh, but wait, look at the second case in the code I sent (copied  
>> below).
>> The 'att1' attribute is redefined with
>>
>>     has 'att1' => (isa => 'Str'),
>>
>> and yet the 'after' modifiers of both parent and child classes are
>> triggered (?!).
>
> And, as it is wont to happen, I realized how this might be so as  
> soon as I
> had clicked the 'send' button, grr.
>
> So if an attribute is defined without an 'is' option, no accessors  
> will be
> generated, as the documentation says somewhere. But then, if in a  
> subclass
> and attribute is redefined in that way, it looks like the accessors  
> of the
> superclass are still used for the subclass, and with them, the method
> modifiers?

Yes, that is true, it is a subtle bug.

> My head hurts :-)
> Bernardo