[Dbix-class] Re: new name for "as"

[Matt S Trout]

Steven Mackenzie wrote:
> Matt S Trout wrote:
>> Steven Mackenzie wrote:
>>> 'accessor_name' isn't really appropriate becuase the docs state that no
>>> actual accessor is created, and you must use ->get_column('<name>'.)
>>> Although it would seem sensible to change the behaviour to create the
>>> accessor wouldn't it? Is there a reason that no accessor is created at
>>> the moment?
>> Yes, because generating random accessors all over your classes without
>> you asking for them would be a horrific bug source.
> Spot clashes at compile/load time then it wouldn't be too bad -- after
> all you create accessors for all the "real" column names with the same
> risk. Accessors are a valuable convenience in the API.

Um.

Arbitrary ->search calls can be made at run-time, possibly built up 
programmatically from user input.

And if you already know which names you're going to use, you can happily 
create classes with those as accessors yourself and specify them using 
$rs->result_class($class);

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