linda w twaxvptwszvtlinxorg brandon black via rt wrote pagaltzis wrote josh jore 20071106 1555 im pretty sympathetic idea method resolution silently skipping undefined bodies mr responding stubs added reason way fix behaviour without obliterating original fully intentional functionality skip stubs absence autoload respect presence actually respect autoloads failure absence presence replacement method fully specified override base method thinking along lines although dont know worth effort one certainly could make method resolution skip stubs absence autoload confining current behavior modules actually use autoload would add method resolution overhead much stuff gets cached first use least gets redefined basically suggesting parallel checking parent methods autoload fails dying undefined localmethod exception try looking parent methods would true oo dynamics expected linda walsh defined wikipedia wkpdia expert source oo expectations wrong oo means whatever perldemigod says mean reasonable widespread held others least extent defined easily accessible wkpdia method overriding said provide method new class provides specific implementation method provided ancestor httpenwikipediaorgwikimethod_overriding_28programming29 perl fails oo definition definition perls oocalling mechanism broken regards requiring specific complete implementation new method overrides base method fwiw ive held responding things getting confrontational couldnt think thing say shed light pov fri 08 aug 2008 011927 0800 perl 47181 try oo semantics throwing fatal error