nicholas clark suqhccl4org fri nov 16 2007 043653pm 0800 linda w wrote didnt start earnestly trying use oo features perl io objects already existence never experienced lack solved namespace collisions slightly differently fine programs oo design implementation basic perl worked fine since perl subroutines perl 3 early 90s problem broken implementation requiring newfullyspecified methods replace old instead allowing undefined function stubs generate fatal error place many parts perl implementation considered broken still seem work well enough methods subroutines could considered one fact take reference yet undeclared subroutine another one perl 6 decided latter right perl 6 taking reference undeclared subroutine method distinct compile time error maybe change perl 5 wouldnt kick 514 though would deprecation warning 512 510 nearly upon us point wed solve problem surprising run time behaviour nicholas clark fri 08 aug 2008 101353 0000 perl 47181 try oo semantics throwing fatal error