Re: Class::DBI::Relationship::IsA now on CPAN

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On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Tony Bowden wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 12:07:46PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>>> You can now get 'Class::DBI::Relationship::IsA' from CPAN
>> I really would have called it "Isa", "ISA" or "isa".
>> "IsA" is not commonly used.
>
> I assumed it was to follow the existing pattern of
> Class::DBI::Relationship::HasA etc.

Exactly :)

Also it doesn't touch or replicate @ISA so IsA avoids confusion - it only 
provides inheritance of class attributes, their accessors and persistance 
- inheritance proper requires an extra something.

patches welcome of course :)

HTH

A.

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