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341 | |
| 342 | The C<TO_JSON> method may safely call die if it wants. If C<TO_JSON> |
342 | The C<TO_JSON> method may safely call die if it wants. If C<TO_JSON> |
| 343 | returns other blessed objects, those will be handled in the same |
343 | returns other blessed objects, those will be handled in the same |
| 344 | way. C<TO_JSON> must take care of not causing an endless recursion cycle |
344 | way. C<TO_JSON> must take care of not causing an endless recursion cycle |
| 345 | (== crash) in this case. The name of C<TO_JSON> was chosen because other |
345 | (== crash) in this case. The name of C<TO_JSON> was chosen because other |
| 346 | methods called by the Perl core (== not the user of the object) are |
346 | methods called by the Perl core (== not by the user of the object) are |
| 347 | usually in upper case letters and to avoid collisions with the C<to_json> |
347 | usually in upper case letters and to avoid collisions with the C<to_json> |
| 348 | function. |
348 | function. |
| 349 | |
349 | |
| 350 | This setting does not yet influence C<decode> in any way, but in the |
350 | This setting does not yet influence C<decode> in any way, but in the |
| 351 | future, global hooks might get installed that influence C<decode> and are |
351 | future, global hooks might get installed that influence C<decode> and are |
