Re: Type checking for roles

> So I'm thinking that AFA Role::Basic goes, I could just add something like 

> this:
> 
>     # Check for Role::Basic roles.
>     if ($type->isa('Role::Basic')
>     {
>         return $mutc{type}->( $type, { where => sub { $_->DOES($type) } 
> } );
>     }
> 
> It would go just before the check against the RoleName constraint.  It
> would of course assume that $mutc{type} was defined just like others
> in _init_mutc:
> 
>     $mutc{type}       = \&{ $class . '::type'                    
>       };
> 
> Does that seem rational?  I would especially love to hear from Ovid,
> if he's following this discussion.


I'm following but I have a new job, a new country, a relatively new wife and a very new baby. Thus, I skim a lot of things, but I can't really dig in too deeply. Sorry 'bout that (hence, my relative lack of participation in the Perl community lately).
 
Cheers,
Ovid
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