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authorRicardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>2008-05-19 06:14:02 -0400
committerSteve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>2008-05-19 15:51:00 +0000
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correct errors / omissions in documenting DOES
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@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ invocant performs the operations, merely that it does. (C<isa> of course
mandates an inheritance relationship. Other relationships include aggregation,
delegation, and mocking.)
-By default, classes in Perl only perform the C<UNIVERSAL> role. To mark that
-your own classes perform other roles, override C<DOES> appropriately.
+By default, classes in Perl only perform the C<UNIVERSAL> role, as well as the
+role of all classes in their inheritance. In other words, by default C<DOES>
+responds identically to C<isa>.
There is a relationship between roles and classes, as each class implies the
existence of a role of the same name. There is also a relationship between