1 | package vars; |
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2 | |
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3 | require 5.002; |
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4 | |
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5 | # The following require can't be removed during maintenance |
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6 | # releases, sadly, because of the risk of buggy code that does |
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7 | # require Carp; Carp::croak "..."; without brackets dying |
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8 | # if Carp hasn't been loaded in earlier compile time. :-( |
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9 | # We'll let those bugs get found on the development track. |
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10 | require Carp if $] < 5.00450; |
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11 | use warnings::register(); |
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12 | |
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13 | sub import { |
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14 | my $callpack = caller; |
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15 | my ($pack, @imports, $sym, $ch) = @_; |
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16 | foreach $sym (@imports) { |
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17 | ($ch, $sym) = unpack('a1a*', $sym); |
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18 | if ($sym =~ tr/A-Za-z_0-9//c) { |
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19 | # time for a more-detailed check-up |
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20 | if ($sym =~ /::/) { |
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21 | require Carp; |
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22 | Carp::croak("Can't declare another package's variables"); |
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23 | } elsif ($sym =~ /^\w+[[{].*[]}]$/) { |
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24 | require Carp; |
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25 | Carp::croak("Can't declare individual elements of hash or array"); |
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26 | } elsif (warnings::enabled() and length($sym) == 1 and $sym !~ tr/a-zA-Z//) { |
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27 | warnings::warn("No need to declare built-in vars"); |
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28 | } |
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29 | } |
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30 | *{"${callpack}::$sym"} = |
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31 | ( $ch eq "\$" ? \$ {"${callpack}::$sym"} |
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32 | : $ch eq "\@" ? \@ {"${callpack}::$sym"} |
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33 | : $ch eq "\%" ? \% {"${callpack}::$sym"} |
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34 | : $ch eq "\*" ? \* {"${callpack}::$sym"} |
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35 | : $ch eq "\&" ? \& {"${callpack}::$sym"} |
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36 | : do { |
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37 | require Carp; |
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38 | Carp::croak("'$ch$sym' is not a valid variable name"); |
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39 | }); |
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40 | } |
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41 | }; |
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42 | |
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43 | 1; |
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44 | __END__ |
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45 | |
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46 | =head1 NAME |
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47 | |
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48 | vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete) |
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49 | |
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50 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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51 | |
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52 | use vars qw($frob @mung %seen); |
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53 | |
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54 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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55 | |
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56 | NOTE: The functionality provided by this pragma has been superseded |
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57 | by C<our> declarations, available in Perl v5.6.0 or later. See |
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58 | L<perlfunc/our>. |
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59 | |
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60 | This will predeclare all the variables whose names are |
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61 | in the list, allowing you to use them under "use strict", and |
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62 | disabling any typo warnings. |
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63 | |
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64 | Unlike pragmas that affect the C<$^H> hints variable, the C<use vars> and |
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65 | C<use subs> declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They are thus effective |
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66 | for the entire file in which they appear. You may not rescind such |
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67 | declarations with C<no vars> or C<no subs>. |
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68 | |
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69 | Packages such as the B<AutoLoader> and B<SelfLoader> that delay |
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70 | loading of subroutines within packages can create problems with |
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71 | package lexicals defined using C<my()>. While the B<vars> pragma |
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72 | cannot duplicate the effect of package lexicals (total transparency |
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73 | outside of the package), it can act as an acceptable substitute by |
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74 | pre-declaring global symbols, ensuring their availability to the |
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75 | later-loaded routines. |
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76 | |
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77 | See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>. |
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78 | |
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79 | =cut |
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