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List:       bricolage-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bricolage-Devel] Member API bug
From:       David Wheeler <david () kineticode ! com>
Date:       2003-05-13 16:20:21
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On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 08:19  AM, Scott Lanning wrote:

> Bric::Util::Grp::Parts::Member in HEAD,
> line 691 in get_objects is commented out
>
>     #        eval " require $package ";
>
> This causes an error
>
>     Can't locate object method "lookup" via package
>       "Bric::Biz::Category"
>
> etc. Adding `use Bric::Biz::Category` is of course
> futile because it will just fail on another class.
> I had to do this:
>
>     # this is API brokenness
>     my $pkg = $m->get_object_package();
>     eval "require $pkg";
>
>     my $object = $m->get_object();

I think this is okay this way. Otherwise, we'll end up with C<use 
Bric::Util::Grp> loading the entire Bricolage API, which we don't want. 
Mostly, folks will be scripting Bric::Biz::Category, not 
Bric::Biz::Grp, so it won't matter.

Regards,

David

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