Re: abstract search count

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On Jun 17, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Tony Bowden wrote:

>> My proposal is: all the plugin methods (not
>> starting with an underscore) are injected into the caller's package
>> automatically.
>
> This scares me slightly (and don't forget you'll want to remove 
> 'import'
> from that list!)

I agree: that would be perhaps a bit _too_ convenient, and thereby 
dangerous in the sense of unexpected behaviour.

> I think I'd prefer either methods with a given prefix to be exported, 
> or
> the author having to specify the list somewhere ...

Given prefix: that's a possibility. And that prefix is then removed 
before injecting into the caller's package?

List: I thought about that, too. Perhaps the habitual @EXPORT and 
@EXPORT_OK, so that the caller can choose which methods he wants to be 
injected?

>> Next, I want to figure out how to inject the SQL etc.
>
> That bit's easy: $caller->set_sql(...)

Yes, but I was thinking of the interface for the subclass. I don't have 
any idea, yet.
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        J.-C Zeus (mail@xxxxxx.xxx)