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

[Richard Jolly]

Matt S Trout wrote:
> 
> 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.

Me too. Consistency is nice.
 
> > 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.

... and you don't save anything by returning a list, because internally
it looks like (IIRC):

  return wantarray ? $rs->all : $rs;

> 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?

Just mark as DEPRECATED now and remove in .07? 

Richard

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