Re: How to implement both object->method and module::function interfa ce?

Garrett Goebel <[email protected]> writes:
>What's the conventional wisdom on creating a module that supports both an OO
>and non-OO interface? Are there any CORE or CPAN modules to serve as a
>textbook, or is the anwser "Don't do that"? 

Tk does it - which can be taken either way ;-)

>
>I've got some code that checks the first parameter passed to see if it is a
>reference, assumes any reference is an object reference... and then proceeds
>accordingly. -It feels pretty sloppy, but it works.

It is either fragile or slow depending how picky your validator gets.

I tend to find it makes sense to not use the _same_ sub in both interfaces.

Rather have 

sub Foo # (say) the method
and 
sub foo # the functional interface

Then implement one in terms of the other.


>
>Garrett
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Nick Ing-Simmons