[Dbix-class] Ambiguity in the DBIx::Class::InflateColumn POD

[Matt S Trout]

brett gardner wrote:
> Just checking that when the documentation in the 
> DBIx::Class::InflateColumn package says under the inflate_column method :
> 
> "The |inflate| method is called when you access the field, while the 
> |deflate| method is called when the field needs to used by the database."
> 
> it means that this is only called when you use the field accessor method 
> and not the get_column method. eg this method is only called when you do 
> "$foo->bar" and not when you do "$foo->get_column('bar')".
> 
> This is currently how it works and I am just checking that this is by 
> design and won't be changed in the future.

Yes, it's by design, hence the existence of get/set_inflated_column to deal 
with the inflated value if you aren't going through the accessors.

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