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perl 5.002_01: lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
[perl5.git] / lib / subs.pm
1 package subs;
2
3 =head1 NAME
4
5 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
6
7 =head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9     use subs qw(frob);
10     frob 3..10;
11
12 =head1 DESCRIPTION
13
14 This will predeclare all the subroutine whose names are 
15 in the list, allowing you to use them without parentheses
16 even before they're declared.
17
18 See L<perlmod/Pragmatic Modules> and L<strict/subs>.
19
20 =cut
21 require 5.000;
22
23 sub import {
24     my $callpack = caller;
25     my $pack = shift;
26     my @imports = @_;
27     foreach $sym (@imports) {
28         *{"${callpack}::$sym"} = \&{"${callpack}::$sym"};
29     }
30 };
31
32 1;