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

[Matt S Trout]

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 doesnÿÿt deref the reference itself, then it
>>> would be hard to rely on that behaviour for anything useful,
>>> in which case Iÿÿd say you shouldnÿÿt 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 won’t do anything useful. And
> if thatśs the case, then it’s 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?

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