[Dbix-class] Populating Instance With Column's Defaults

[Skye Shaw]

Hello,

Is it possible to have DBIC populate a newly created instance with the
underlying table's defaults when a value isn't provided?

Given my code (active defaults to 1):

my $user = $db->resultset('Account')->create({
  first_name =>'A',
  last_name => 'User'
});

print $user->active; #undef warning
$user = $db->resultset('Account')->find($user->id);
print $user->active; #now it's populated with 1

And this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2106504/perl-dbixclass-default-values-when-using-new

The answer appears to be no. If so, what's the reason for this behavior?

Thanks