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Class::Trait 0.21

Ovid on 2006-09-12T09:24:42

I was just sent a tarball from Roman Daniel. He fixed a heretofore unknown bug in Class::Trait whereby the class could not be profiled with Devel::DProf. I made one quick tweak to allow $class->does($class) to return true and uploaded the tarball.

0.21 Sep. 12, 2006
    - Converted Class::Trait::Config methods to be normal getter/setters, not
      lvalue methods.  lvalue methods prevent the code from being profiled
      via Devel::DProf.  Bug reported by Roman Daniel.  He also rewrote it to
      fix the problem.
    - Fixed bug where classes would report false for $class->does($class).
      Reported by chromatic.

Though you might not hear much about it, this is probably the module I get the most email about. Apparently, it's being used in production much more widely than I ever dreamed of.

See chromatic's review for a gentle introduction to traits (known as 'roles' in Perl 6).

Yup

sigzero on 2006-09-12T15:41:42

I even had Randy Kobes put the .20 version out in PPM because I think "traits" is a cool way to solve some OO problems. I guess I will now have to wait for the .21 version to get there. : )

Re:Yup

Ovid on 2006-09-12T15:50:51

Well, 0.20 is stable and works fine if you don't need Devel::DProf (there may be other issues with Devel modules, I don't know). Also, if you don't need $class->does($class) to return true, than 0.20 should be fine.

That being said, if you have any issues with it, let me know!

Re:Yup

sigzero on 2006-09-12T15:55:17

I just went ahead and integrated it. Since there aren't any "binary" issues being a pure Perl module.

A Fuller Introduction

chromatic on 2006-09-12T17:15:44

Composable Units of Object Behavior is a fuller, more philosophical exploration of roles and their uses.