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[perl5.git] / lib / vars.pm

diff --git a/lib/vars.pm b/lib/vars.pm
index e007baa..6ca6bb4 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/vars.pm
+++ b/lib/vars.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
 package vars;
 
+use 5.006;
+
+our $VERSION = '1.03';
+
+use warnings::register;
+use strict qw(vars subs);
+
+sub import {
+    my $callpack = caller;
+    my (undef, @imports) = @_;
+    my ($sym, $ch);
+    foreach (@imports) {
+        if (($ch, $sym) = /^([\$\@\%\*\&])(.+)/) {
+           if ($sym =~ /\W/) {
+               # time for a more-detailed check-up
+               if ($sym =~ /^\w+[[{].*[]}]$/) {
+                   require Carp;
+                   Carp::croak("Can't declare individual elements of hash or array");
+               } elsif (warnings::enabled() and length($sym) == 1 and $sym !~ tr/a-zA-Z//) {
+                   warnings::warn("No need to declare built-in vars");
+               } elsif  (($^H &= strict::bits('vars'))) {
+                   require Carp;
+                   Carp::croak("'$_' is not a valid variable name under strict vars");
+               }
+           }
+           $sym = "${callpack}::$sym" unless $sym =~ /::/;
+           *$sym =
+               (  $ch eq "\$" ? \$$sym
+                : $ch eq "\@" ? \@$sym
+                : $ch eq "\%" ? \%$sym
+                : $ch eq "\*" ? \*$sym
+                : $ch eq "\&" ? \&$sym 
+                : do {
+                    require Carp;
+                    Carp::croak("'$_' is not a valid variable name");
+                });
+       } else {
+           require Carp;
+           Carp::croak("'$_' is not a valid variable name");
+       }
+    }
+};
+
+1;
+__END__
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names
@@ -10,6 +56,11 @@ vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+NOTE: For use with variables in the current package for a single scope, the
+functionality provided by this pragma has been superseded by C<our>
+declarations, available in Perl v5.6.0 or later, and use of this pragma is
+discouraged.  See L<perlfunc/our>.
+
 This will predeclare all the variables whose names are 
 in the list, allowing you to use them under "use strict", and
 disabling any typo warnings.
@@ -27,27 +78,6 @@ outside of the package), it can act as an acceptable substitute by
 pre-declaring global symbols, ensuring their availability to the
 later-loaded routines.
 
-See L<perlmod/Pragmatic Modules>.
+See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>.
 
 =cut
-
-require 5.002;
-use Carp;
-
-sub import {
-    my $callpack = caller;
-    my ($pack, @imports, $sym, $ch) = @_;
-    foreach $sym (@imports) {
-       croak "Can't declare another package's variables" if $sym =~ /::/;
-        ($ch, $sym) = unpack('a1a*', $sym);
-        *{"${callpack}::$sym"} =
-          (  $ch eq "\$" ? \$   {"${callpack}::$sym"}
-           : $ch eq "\@" ? \@   {"${callpack}::$sym"}
-           : $ch eq "\%" ? \%   {"${callpack}::$sym"}
-           : $ch eq "\*" ? \*   {"${callpack}::$sym"}
-           : $ch eq "\&" ? \&   {"${callpack}::$sym"}
-           : croak "'$ch$sym' is not a valid variable name\n");
-    }
-};
-
-1;