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Id: 83207
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Requestors: DAMI [...] cpan.org
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  Fri Feb 08 02:49:55 2013 DAMI [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: $handle->can('some_method') ignores added methods
$dbh->can('some_method') ignores methods added by subclasses of DBI. I discovered this while working with DBIx::RetryOverDisconnects; $dbh- Show quoted text
>can('is_trans_disconnect') returns false, but a call to $dbh- >is_trans_disconnect succeeds because DBIx::RetryOverDisconnects::db
indeed implements that method.
  Thu Feb 14 11:01:21 2013 TIMB [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Tthe $h->can() method say "Returns true if $method_name is implemented by the driver or a default method is provided by the DBI". Note "implemented by the driver" .$h->can() is like a proxy for $h->{ImplementorClass}->can().
  Thu Feb 14 11:01:24 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Thu Mar 28 08:40:07 2013 TIMB [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Docs patched in r15574. Thanks.
  Thu Mar 28 08:40:08 2013 TIMB [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'