$ua->get vs $ua->request

[nntp]

# Request document and parse it as it arrives
$res = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url));

And this


$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$response = $ua->get("$url");


Why sometimes it is us-get and sometime it is us->request?

 

[Brian McCauley]

# Request document and parse it as it arrives
$res = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url));

And this


$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$response = $ua->get("$url");

Often an API provides a shorthand mechanism to combine serveral API
calls that are frequently used together into one.

Sometimes a programmer will use the shorthand, sometimes not. Sometimes
one programmer will use it and another will not. Sometimes the
shorthand is a late addittion to the API an some calling code predates
its introduction.

To know why in any particular case you'd have to ask the programmers in
question.