[Dbix-class] RFC: list/array context, TT and search()

[Matt S Trout]

Dave Howorth wrote:
> Will Hawes wrote:
>> I'd vote for removing wantarray() completely. IMO, if a user wants 
>> objects rather than a ResultSet, they should call ->all.
> 
> How about providing *_all methods to avoid doubling the number of method 
> invocations and avoid constructing/destroying unwanted iterators?

It's not an iterator, it's a full ResultSet. This is fundamental to the DBIC 
design - and also means in many cases you can't get where you need to without 
creating a new one since it encapsulates the query etc.

Mostly, I'd really like to just get rid of the array-in-list-context behaviour 
but don't want to spanner anybody relying on it in production. Anybody got any 
bright ideas?

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