Re: Class::Fields, a base/fields.pm rewrite

[Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ing-simmons.net>]

Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> writes:
>On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 04:03:05PM +0000, Hugo wrote:
>> Note that this looks likely to change the order the fields are added.
>
>That's okay.  Order is irrelevant.

In the abstract yes. But in reality order means index, so changing the 
order may change the index. Then if lots of objects get created it may 
matter that they may all have larger (or smaller) arrays because where 
"active" fields vs holes are placed has changed.


-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons

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References to:

Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>
Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@ActiveState.com>
Hugo <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>

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