Invoked within a method, or similar location, such as a field initializer expression, this token returns the name of the class of the invoking instance. Essentially it is equivalent to ref($self) except that it can additionally be used in a field initializer to gain access to class methods, before the instance is fully constructed.
use feature 'class';
class Example1 {
field $f = __CLASS__->default_f;
sub default_f { 10 }
}In a basic class, this value will be the same as __PACKAGE__. The distinction can be seen when a subclass is constructed; it will give the class name of the instance being constructed, rather than just the package name that the actual code belongs to.
class Example2 :isa(Example1) {
sub default_f { 20 }
}
my $obj = Example2->new;
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