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1package strict;
2
3$strict::VERSION = "1.06";
4
5# Verify that we're called correctly so that strictures will work.
6unless ( __FILE__ =~ /(^|[\/\\])\Q${\__PACKAGE__}\E\.pmc?$/ ) {
7 # Can't use Carp, since Carp uses us!
8 my (undef, $f, $l) = caller;
9 die("Incorrect use of pragma '${\__PACKAGE__}' at $f line $l.\n");
10}
11
12my %bitmask = (
13refs => 0x00000002,
14subs => 0x00000200,
15vars => 0x00000400
16);
17
18sub bits {
19 my $bits = 0;
20 my @wrong;
21 foreach my $s (@_) {
22 if (exists $bitmask{$s}) {
23 $^H{"strict/$s"} = undef;
24 }
25 else { push @wrong, $s };
26 $bits |= $bitmask{$s} || 0;
27 }
28 if (@wrong) {
29 require Carp;
30 Carp::croak("Unknown 'strict' tag(s) '@wrong'");
31 }
32 $bits;
33}
34
35my @default_bits = qw(refs subs vars);
36
37sub import {
38 shift;
39 $^H |= bits(@_ ? @_ : @default_bits);
40}
41
42sub unimport {
43 shift;
44 $^H &= ~ bits(@_ ? @_ : @default_bits);
45}
46
471;
48__END__
49
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
69casual programming.) Currently, there are three possible things to be
70strict about: "subs", "vars", and "refs".
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
84 $file = "STDOUT";
85 print $file "Hi!"; # error; note: no comma after $file
86
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
95=item C<strict vars>
96
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>.
103
104 use strict 'vars';
105 $X::foo = 1; # ok, fully qualified
106 my $foo = 10; # ok, my() var
107 local $baz = 9; # blows up, $baz not declared before
108
109 package Cinna;
110 our $bar; # Declares $bar in current package
111 $bar = 'HgS'; # ok, global declared via pragma
112
113The local() generated a compile-time error because you just touched a global
114name without fully qualifying it.
115
116Because of their special use by sort(), the variables $a and $b are
117exempted from this check.
118
119=item C<strict subs>
120
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
123is a simple identifier (no colons) and that it appears in curly braces or
124on the left hand side of the C<< => >> symbol.
125
126 use strict 'subs';
127 $SIG{PIPE} = Plumber; # blows up
128 $SIG{PIPE} = "Plumber"; # just fine: quoted string is always ok
129 $SIG{PIPE} = \&Plumber; # preferred form
130
131=back
132
133See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>.
134
135=head1 HISTORY
136
137C<strict 'subs'>, with Perl 5.6.1, erroneously permitted to use an unquoted
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
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
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
150=cut