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NAME

TPrintable - Trait for adding stringification abilities to your object

DESCRIPTION

TPrintable gives your object automatic stringification abilities, as well as access to your original stringified object value.

REQUIRES

toString

This method should return the stringified object.

OVERLOADS

""

This operator call the toString method to stringify the object.

PROVIDES

stringValue

This returns the normal perl stringified value, bypassing whatever toString might return.

AUTHOR

Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2004, 2005 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

http://www.iinteractive.com

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.