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Re: [Omaha.pm] Class::Date - change once set

On Oct 24, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Kenneth Thompson wrote:

sub stuff {
    my ($d1, $d2) = @_;
    if ($d2 > $d1) {
#      $d1 = $d2;   # <---- I want to overwrite the existing $d1 here
       foreach my $idx (0 .. 9) {
         $d1->[$idx] = $d2->[$idx];
       }
    }
}
Yikes! Break encapsulation and jack the object's internals? I'll be doomed if the internal implementation of Class::Date ever changes... 

j