1MooseX::ArrayRef(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  MooseX::ArrayRef(3)
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NAME

6       MooseX::ArrayRef - blessed arrayrefs with Moose
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SYNOPSIS

9         {
10           package Local::Person;
11           use Moose;
12           has name => (
13             is    => 'ro',
14             isa   => 'Str',
15           );
16           __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
17         }
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19         {
20           package Local::Marriage;
21           use MooseX::ArrayRef;
22           has husband => (
23             is    => 'ro',
24             isa   => 'Local::Person',
25           );
26           has wife => (
27             is    => 'ro',
28             isa   => 'Local::Person',
29           );
30           __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
31         }
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33         my $marriage = Local::Marriage->new(
34           wife      => Local::Person->new(name => 'Alex'),
35           husband   => Local::Person->new(name => 'Sam'),
36         );
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38         use Data::Dumper;
39         use Scalar::Util qw(reftype);
40         print reftype($marriage), "\n";   # 'ARRAY'
41         print Dumper($marriage);
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DESCRIPTION

44       Objects implemented with arrayrefs rather than hashrefs are often
45       faster than those implemented with hashrefs. Moose's default object
46       implementation is hashref based. Can we go faster?
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48       Simply "use MooseX::ArrayRef" instead of "use Moose", but note the
49       limitations in the section below.
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51       The current implementation is mostly a proof of concept, but it does
52       mostly seem to work.
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BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

55   Limitations on Speed
56       The accessors for mutable classes not significantly faster than Moose's
57       traditional hashref-based objects. For immutable classes, the speed up
58       is bigger
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60                      Rate  HashRef_M ArrayRef_M  HashRef_I ArrayRef_I
61         HashRef_M  1016/s         --        -1%       -48%       -55%
62         ArrayRef_M 1031/s         1%         --       -47%       -54%
63         HashRef_I  1953/s        92%        89%         --       -13%
64         ArrayRef_I 2257/s       122%       119%        16%         --
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66   Limitations on Mutability
67       Things will probably break if you try to modify classes, add roles, etc
68       "on the fly". Make your classes immutable before instantiating even a
69       single object.
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71   Limitations on Inheritance
72       Inheritance isn't easy to implement with arrayrefs. The current
73       implementation suffers from the following limitations:
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75       ·   Single inheritance only.
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77           You cannot extend multiple parent classes.
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79       ·   Inherit from other MooseX::ArrayRef classes only.
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81           A MooseX::ArrayRef class cannot extend a non-MooseX::ArrayRef
82           class.  Even non-Moose classes which are implemented using
83           arrayrefs. (Of course, all Moose classes inherit from Moose::Object
84           too, which is just fine.)
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86       Note that delegation (via Moose's "handles") is often a good
87       alternative to inheritance.
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89   Issue Tracker
90       Please report any bugs to
91       <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=MooseX-ArrayRef>.
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SEE ALSO

94       Moose, MooseX::GlobRef, MooseX::InsideOut.
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AUTHOR

97       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.
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100       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster.
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102       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
103       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

106       THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
107       WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
108       MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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