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authorDave Mitchell <davem@fdisolutions.com>2004-01-01 22:23:11 +0000
committerDave Mitchell <davem@fdisolutions.com>2004-01-01 22:23:11 +0000
commit029f3b4481eb14b016dea8aa8fb43279a710daa3 (patch)
tree0f663a57a7014d8887743b8bd4d891d074a07fba /pod/perlboot.pod
parent53c33732a73c90e26f613c11afdc5110e6a919ff (diff)
downloadperl-029f3b4481eb14b016dea8aa8fb43279a710daa3.tar.gz
Document the quirks of SUPER, especially the fact that it it
relative to the current package and not to the invoking object. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@22036
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@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ listed in C<@ISA>) automatically:
}
So, C<SUPER::speak> means look in the current package's C<@ISA> for
-C<speak>, invoking the first one found.
+C<speak>, invoking the first one found. Note that it does I<not> look in
+the C<@ISA> of C<$class>.
=head2 Where we're at so far...