Re: RFC 218 (v1) C<my Dog $spot> is just an assertion

Michael G Schwern <[email protected]> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:48:27AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
> > Michael G Schwern <[email protected]> writes:
> > > Nope.  fields::new() basically just does C<bless
> > > [\%{"$class\::FIELDS"}], $class>, but the current pseudohash
> > > implementation doesn't care if something is an object or not.  It just
> > > cares about either A) its type or B) what's in $ph->[0].
> > 
> > Hmm... it still feels like undocumented behaviour. I'd definitely be
> > inclined to tighten up the base/fields behaviour. My feeling is that
> > the proposal makes them closer to the Right Thing.
> 
> Its plenty documented.  But if we simply put a bullet into
> pseudo-hashes, as per RFC 241, this all goes away.

Indeedly.

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Piers