[Dbix-class] Re: RFC: Restrict deflation to blessed objects only?

[Jess Robinson]

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Matt S Trout wrote:

> A. Pagaltzis wrote:
>>  * Jess Robinson <castaway at desert-island.demon.co.uk> [2006-10-28 23:55]:
>> >  On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
>> > >  * Jess Robinson <castaway at desert-island.demon.co.uk> [2006-10-28 
>> > >  20:55]:
>> > > >  Is anyone relying on the fact that deflate currently checks
>> > > >  for is-ref, and not blessed objects?
>> > > 
>> > >  If the deflater doesnt deref the reference itself, then it
>> > >  would be hard to rely on that behaviour for anything useful,
>> > >  in which case Id say you shouldnt even think about it.
>> > 
>> >  ENOPARSE .. Run that by me again?
>>
>>  If the code that deflates a reference uses it as an object, then
>>  passing in a non-object reference wont do anything useful. And
>>  if thats the case, then its very unlikely that anyone is
>>  relying on this behaviour, which means you can go ahead and
>>  change the behaviour without worrying.
>
> Yes, yes. Here, have a Stating The Obvious 101 diploma.
>
> In the meantime, we were asking if anybody was using a deflator that accepts 
> a scalarref (and hence surely doesn't use it as an object) ?
>
> Anybody? Bueller?


I'd almost forgotten this one.. it seems nobody is yelling, so here we go 
;)

Jess