[Dbix-class] in- and deflators

[Matt S Trout]

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:57:04AM +0100, Bernhard Graf wrote:
> Matt S Trout wrote:
> 
> > Since inflate/deflate always produces/accepts an object, an undefined
> > value on set wouldn't be expected to produce anything except undef
> > IMO.
> 
> If this is the way it works, I have to find another way...
> 
> Is there a reason why inflate/deflate transform to/from an object and 
> not unblessed data?

Yes - expecting to get a ref for deflation and not a scalar allows us to
accept a scalar as a deflated value, which is extremely handy on occasion.

the FilterColumn concept is also a valid and useful idiom though, but should
be separate since it can't DWIM in that fashion.

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