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I don't think I've ever come across Perl code that uses "shift->method()" to access "this" but once. Maybe I just haven't look at enough code on CPAN, or maybe I just remember that instance because it was an entire file that was meant to be production code that could have been an entry into a Perl golf competition.

I understand that in Perl OO code, the first argument is 'this', but most code I've come across takes the time to actually name variables because the aim isn't write-once, read-never.