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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: on Perl
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:59:06 -0700
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:04:57 +0100, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Perl has had support for object-oriented programming (with multiple
>> inheritance) for many years -- too many for me to remember.
>
> Then why this new “class” thing in 5.38?

It's explained reasonably well at the top of the "perldoc perlclass"
documentation in Perl 5.38:

  History
    Since Perl 5, support for objects revolved around the concept of
    *blessing* references with a package name. Such reference could then be
    used to call subroutines from the package it was blessed with (or any of
    its parents). This system, while bare-bones, was flexible enough to
    allow creation of multiple more advanced, community-driven systems for
    object orientation.

    Class feature is a core implementation of class syntax which is familiar
    to what one would find in other programming languages. It isn't a
    "bless" wrapper, but a completely new system built right into the perl
    interpreter.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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