Php/perl class/package field definition

[Wildpeaks]

My brain must be running slow because of New Year, but I'm missing the
trick to define fields for a package.

In php, I'd do:
----
<?php
class MyObj{
var $param1;
function MyObj(){$this->param1 = "Hello";}
function Hello(){echo $this->param1;}
}
$test = new MyObj;
$test->Hello();
?>
----
However this doesn't seem to be the correct perl translation:
----
package MyObj;
my $param1 = "";
sub new {
my $newobject = {};
bless $newobject;
my $param1 = "Hello";
return $newobject;
}
sub Hello {
print my $param1;
}
$test = new MyObj;
$test->Hello();
----
Ideas anyone ? (besides switching to php, which I unfortunatly can't).

PS: I tried posting on the perl newsgroup first, but Google Groups
didn't seem to be in the mood ("comp.lang.per l doesn't exist", rofl).

[John Bokma]

Janwillem Borleffs wrote:

Janwillem Borleffs wrote:

Nah, you had it right. But I still want to know from you why think
that your syntax is better.

The difference appears to be that my constructor adds an anonymous
hash to the object, which isn't used anymore, while your constructor
doesn't.

In that context I can see why you think my perl coding is bad...

:-). It's a nice way to create a singleton, just returning the __PACKAGE__
;-)

I didn't do the use strict; use warnings; since it's a code snippet. In
real world stuff I use it, as anyone else should (unless they really know
what they are doing).

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[John Bokma]

Wildpeaks wrote:

> PS: I tried posting on the perl newsgroup first,
> but Google Groups didn't seem to be in the mood
>("comp.lang.pe rl doesn't exist", rofl).

http://groups.google.nl/groups?hl=nl...comp.lang.perl

I *can* view the ng, but when posting, it was refusing
to post at the last step.

But since this is very basic Perl, the only reply
would have been RTFM anyways ;-)

I had RTFM but hadn't find the answer to that precise question,
therefore the post, heh. I post in ng only in last resort.
Ah, PHP is so much easier :-)

It's not. But if you are fluent in language A, and learning language B,
language A is much easier ;-)

PHP is extremely badly designed.

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[Wildpeaks]

> It's not. But if you are fluent in language A, and learning

language B, language A is much easier ;-)
Often true :-) but not always: the thing is, I actually started by perl
some years ago (and like everyone who learns a new language, I wanted
to use perl for everything :-D
However, after that, I learnt php, which I now use for everything I was
using perl for. Even worse, I totally forgot how to write perl (which
explains that I sometimes ask stupid questions unfortunatly).

PHP is extremely badly designed.

I wouldn't be able to tell if it's bad designed or faster/slower, I can
only tell as developer that in the everyday programs, I find it more
intuitive, also because PHP.net's documentation is imho very good. But
that's just my opinion. Other people only like C or ASP instead
(however I do prefer C over perl too).

[John Bokma]

Wildpeaks wrote:

It's not. But if you are fluent in language A, and learning
language B, language A is much easier ;-)
Often true :-) but not always: the thing is, I actually started by
perl some years ago (and like everyone who learns a new language, I
wanted to use perl for everything :-D
However, after that, I learnt php, which I now use for everything I
was using perl for. Even worse, I totally forgot how to write perl
(which explains that I sometimes ask stupid questions unfortunatly).

If you forgot how to write Perl in a short time, you never really
learned the language.

PHP is extremely badly designed.

I wouldn't be able to tell if it's bad designed or faster/slower

extremely bad designed
quite likely slower
, I can
only tell as developer that in the everyday programs, I find it more
intuitive,
Probably because you never really learned Perl in the first place.
also because PHP.net's documentation is imho very good.
IMNSHO it's even worse than the language design. Especially the so
called user comments, half of it are garbage.
But
that's just my opinion. Other people only like C or ASP instead
(however I do prefer C over perl too).

You can not just prefer A over B. You pick a language based on how good
it helps you to get the job done. Hence, I sometimes have to use PHP.

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