I sometimes outsmart myself.

[perl5.git] / lib / Exporter.pm

diff --git a/lib/Exporter.pm b/lib/Exporter.pm
index ce89c59..6459312 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Exporter.pm
+++ b/lib/Exporter.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ no strict 'refs';
 our $Debug = 0;
 our $ExportLevel = 0;
 our $Verbose ||= 0;
-our $VERSION = '5.563';
+our $VERSION = '5.564';
+$Carp::Internal{Exporter} = 1;
 
 sub export_to_level {
   require Exporter::Heavy;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ sub import {
     return export $pkg, $callpkg, ($args ? @_ : ());
   }
   local $SIG{__WARN__} = 
-       sub {require Carp; local $Carp::CarpLevel = 1; &Carp::carp};
+       sub {require Carp; &Carp::carp};
   foreach my $sym (@_) {
     # shortcut for the common case of no type character
     *{"$callpkg\::$sym"} = \&{"$pkg\::$sym"};
@@ -146,10 +147,11 @@ informally indicate that they are 'internal' and not for public use.
 (It is actually possible to get private functions by saying:
 
   my $subref = sub { ... };
-  &$subref;
+  $subref->(@args);            # Call it as a function
+  $obj->$subref(@args);        # Use it as a method
 
-But there's no way to call that directly as a method, since a method
-must have a name in the symbol table.)
+However if you use them for methods it is up to you to figure out
+how to make inheritance work.)
 
 As a general rule, if the module is trying to be object oriented
 then export nothing. If it's just a collection of functions then