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[perl #97476] Deparse not() following the llafr
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1package strict;
2
23c936f2 3$strict::VERSION = "1.06";
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5# Verify that we're called correctly so that strictures will work.
5108dc18 6unless ( __FILE__ =~ /(^|[\/\\])\Q${\__PACKAGE__}\E\.pmc?$/ ) {
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7 # Can't use Carp, since Carp uses us!
8 my (undef, $f, $l) = caller;
5108dc18 9 die("Incorrect use of pragma '${\__PACKAGE__}' at $f line $l.\n");
e3def60f 10}
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11
12my %bitmask = (
13refs => 0x00000002,
14subs => 0x00000200,
15vars => 0x00000400
16);
17
18sub bits {
19 my $bits = 0;
20 my @wrong;
21 foreach my $s (@_) {
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22 if (exists $bitmask{$s}) {
23 $^H{"strict/$s"} = undef;
24 }
25 else { push @wrong, $s };
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26 $bits |= $bitmask{$s} || 0;
27 }
28 if (@wrong) {
4b2eca7a 29 require Carp;
e279cb0b 30 Carp::croak("Unknown 'strict' tag(s) '@wrong'");
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31 }
32 $bits;
33}
34
b50b2058 35my @default_bits = qw(refs subs vars);
08d31bcd 36
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37sub import {
38 shift;
b50b2058 39 $^H |= bits(@_ ? @_ : @default_bits);
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40}
41
42sub unimport {
43 shift;
b50b2058 44 $^H &= ~ bits(@_ ? @_ : @default_bits);
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45}
46
471;
48__END__
49
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50=head1 NAME
51
52strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
53
54=head1 SYNOPSIS
55
56 use strict;
57
58 use strict "vars";
59 use strict "refs";
60 use strict "subs";
61
62 use strict;
63 no strict "vars";
64
65=head1 DESCRIPTION
66
67If no import list is supplied, all possible restrictions are assumed.
68(This is the safest mode to operate in, but is sometimes too strict for
55497cff 69casual programming.) Currently, there are three possible things to be
70strict about: "subs", "vars", and "refs".
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71
72=over 6
73
74=item C<strict refs>
75
76This generates a runtime error if you
77use symbolic references (see L<perlref>).
78
79 use strict 'refs';
80 $ref = \$foo;
81 print $$ref; # ok
82 $ref = "foo";
83 print $$ref; # runtime error; normally ok
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84 $file = "STDOUT";
85 print $file "Hi!"; # error; note: no comma after $file
f06db76b 86
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87There is one exception to this rule:
88
89 $bar = \&{'foo'};
90 &$bar;
91
92is allowed so that C<goto &$AUTOLOAD> would not break under stricture.
93
94
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95=item C<strict vars>
96
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97This generates a compile-time error if you access a variable that was
98neither explicitly declared (using any of C<my>, C<our>, C<state>, or C<use
99vars>) nor fully qualified. (Because this is to avoid variable suicide
100problems and subtle dynamic scoping issues, a merely C<local> variable isn't
101good enough.) See L<perlfunc/my>, L<perlfunc/our>, L<perlfunc/state>,
102L<perlfunc/local>, and L<vars>.
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103
104 use strict 'vars';
105 $X::foo = 1; # ok, fully qualified
106 my $foo = 10; # ok, my() var
97631e60 107 local $baz = 9; # blows up, $baz not declared before
f06db76b 108
535b5725 109 package Cinna;
17f410f9 110 our $bar; # Declares $bar in current package
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111 $bar = 'HgS'; # ok, global declared via pragma
112
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113The local() generated a compile-time error because you just touched a global
114name without fully qualifying it.
115
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116Because of their special use by sort(), the variables $a and $b are
117exempted from this check.
118
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119=item C<strict subs>
120
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121This disables the poetry optimization, generating a compile-time error if
122you try to use a bareword identifier that's not a subroutine, unless it
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123is a simple identifier (no colons) and that it appears in curly braces or
124on the left hand side of the C<< => >> symbol.
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125
126 use strict 'subs';
127 $SIG{PIPE} = Plumber; # blows up
5438961c 128 $SIG{PIPE} = "Plumber"; # just fine: quoted string is always ok
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129 $SIG{PIPE} = \&Plumber; # preferred form
130
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131=back
132
ee580363 133See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>.
f06db76b 134
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135=head1 HISTORY
136
cbbb4974 137C<strict 'subs'>, with Perl 5.6.1, erroneously permitted to use an unquoted
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138compound identifier (e.g. C<Foo::Bar>) as a hash key (before C<< => >> or
139inside curlies), but without forcing it always to a literal string.
140
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141Starting with Perl 5.8.1 strict is strict about its restrictions:
142if unknown restrictions are used, the strict pragma will abort with
143
144 Unknown 'strict' tag(s) '...'
145
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146As of version 1.04 (Perl 5.10), strict verifies that it is used as
147"strict" to avoid the dreaded Strict trap on case insensitive file
148systems.
149
f06db76b 150=cut