package feature; our $VERSION = '1.00'; $feature::hint_bits = 0x00020000; # HINT_LOCALIZE_HH # (feature name) => (internal name, used in %^H) my %feature = ( switch => 'feature_switch', "~~" => "feature_~~", say => "feature_say", err => "feature_err", ); my %feature_bundle = ( "5.10" => [qw(switch ~~ say err)], ); # Here are some notes that probably shouldn't be in the public # documentation, but which it's useful to have somewhere. # # One side-effect of the change is that C # no longer throws the error C. # One of the tests in t/op/cproto.t had to be changed to accommodate # this, but it really shouldn't affect real-world code. # # TODO: # - sort out the smartmatch semantics # - think about versioned features (use switch => 2) # # -- Robin 2005-12 =head1 NAME feature - Perl pragma to enable new syntactic features =head1 SYNOPSIS use feature qw(switch say); given ($foo) { when (1) { say "\$foo == 1" } when ([2,3]) { say "\$foo == 2 || \$foo == 3" } when (/^a[bc]d$/) { say "\$foo eq 'abd' || \$foo eq 'acd'" } when ($_ > 100) { say "\$foo > 100" } default { say "None of the above" } } =head1 DESCRIPTION It is usually impossible to add new syntax to Perl without breaking some existing programs. This pragma provides a way to minimize that risk. New syntactic constructs can be enabled by C, and will be parsed only when the appropriate feature pragma is in scope. =head2 The 'switch' feature C tells the compiler to enable the Perl 6 given/when construct from here to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. See L for details. =head2 The '~~' feature C tells the compiler to enable the Perl 6 smart match C<~~> operator from here to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. See L for details. =head2 The 'say' feature C tells the compiler to enable the Perl 6 C function from here to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. See L for details. =head2 the 'err' feature C tells the compiler to enable the C operator from here to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. C is a low-precedence variant of the C operator: see C for details. =head1 FEATURE BUNDLES It's possible to load a whole slew of features in one go, using a I. The name of a feature bundle is prefixed with a colon, to distinguish it from an actual feature. At present, the only feature bundle is C, which is equivalent to C. =cut sub import { $^H |= $feature::hint_bits; # Need this or %^H won't work my $class = shift; if (@_ == 0) { require Carp; Carp->import("croak"); croak("No features specified"); } while (@_) { my $name = shift(@_); if ($name =~ /^:(.*)/) { if (!exists $feature_bundle{$1}) { require Carp; Carp->import("croak"); croak(sprintf('Feature bundle "%s" is not supported by Perl %vd', $1, $^V)); } unshift @_, @{$feature_bundle{$1}}; next; } if (!exists $feature{$name}) { require Carp; Carp->import("croak"); croak(sprintf('Feature "%s" is not supported by Perl %vd', $name, $^V)); } $^H{$feature{$name}} = 1; } } sub unimport { my $class = shift; # A bare C should disable *all* features if (!@_) { delete @^H{ values(%feature) }; return; } while (@_) { my $name = shift; if ($name =~ /^:(.*)/) { if (!exists $feature_bundle{$1}) { require Carp; Carp->import("croak"); croak(sprintf('Feature bundle "%s" is not supported by Perl %vd', $1, $^V)); } unshift @_, @{$feature_bundle{$1}}; next; } if (!exists($feature{$name})) { require Carp; Carp->import("croak"); croak(sprintf('Feature "%s" is not supported by Perl %vd', $name, $^V)); } else { delete $^H{$feature{$name}}; } } } 1;