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fix diagnostics to report "our" vs "my" correctly
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1package strict;
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3=head1 NAME
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5strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9 use strict;
10
11 use strict "vars";
12 use strict "refs";
13 use strict "subs";
14
15 use strict;
16 no strict "vars";
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18=head1 DESCRIPTION
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20If no import list is supplied, all possible restrictions are assumed.
21(This is the safest mode to operate in, but is sometimes too strict for
55497cff 22casual programming.) Currently, there are three possible things to be
23strict about: "subs", "vars", and "refs".
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24
25=over 6
26
27=item C<strict refs>
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29This generates a runtime error if you
30use symbolic references (see L<perlref>).
31
32 use strict 'refs';
33 $ref = \$foo;
34 print $$ref; # ok
35 $ref = "foo";
36 print $$ref; # runtime error; normally ok
37
38=item C<strict vars>
39
40This generates a compile-time error if you access a variable that wasn't
535b5725 41declared via C<use vars>,
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42localized via C<my()> or wasn't fully qualified. Because this is to avoid
43variable suicide problems and subtle dynamic scoping issues, a merely
44local() variable isn't good enough. See L<perlfunc/my> and
45L<perlfunc/local>.
46
47 use strict 'vars';
48 $X::foo = 1; # ok, fully qualified
49 my $foo = 10; # ok, my() var
50 local $foo = 9; # blows up
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52 package Cinna;
53 use vars qw/ $bar /; # Declares $bar in current package
54 $bar = 'HgS'; # ok, global declared via pragma
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56The local() generated a compile-time error because you just touched a global
57name without fully qualifying it.
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59Because of their special use by sort(), the variables $a and $b are
60exempted from this check.
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62=item C<strict subs>
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64This disables the poetry optimization, generating a compile-time error if
65you try to use a bareword identifier that's not a subroutine, unless it
1fef88e7 66appears in curly braces or on the left hand side of the "=E<gt>" symbol.
cb1a09d0 67
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69 use strict 'subs';
70 $SIG{PIPE} = Plumber; # blows up
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71 $SIG{PIPE} = "Plumber"; # just fine: bareword in curlies always ok
72 $SIG{PIPE} = \&Plumber; # preferred form
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74
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75
76=back
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ee580363 78See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>.
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79
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81=cut
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83$strict::VERSION = "1.01";
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85my %bitmask = (
86refs => 0x00000002,
87subs => 0x00000200,
88vars => 0x00000400
89);
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91sub bits {
92 my $bits = 0;
20408e3c 93 foreach my $s (@_){ $bits |= $bitmask{$s} || 0; };
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94 $bits;
95}
96
97sub import {
98 shift;
55497cff 99 $^H |= bits(@_ ? @_ : qw(refs subs vars));
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100}
101
102sub unimport {
103 shift;
55497cff 104 $^H &= ~ bits(@_ ? @_ : qw(refs subs vars));
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105}
106
1071;