use 5.006;
use Carp;
use warnings;
-$VERSION = '0.61';
-$DB::single=1;
+$VERSION = '0.78_01';
+# $DB::single=1;
+my %symcache;
sub findsym {
my ($pkg, $ref, $type) = @_;
+ return $symcache{$pkg,$ref} if $symcache{$pkg,$ref};
$type ||= ref($ref);
+ my $found;
foreach my $sym ( values %{$pkg."::"} ) {
- return $sym if *{$sym}{$type} && *{$sym}{$type} == $ref;
+ return $symcache{$pkg,$ref} = \$sym
+ if *{$sym}{$type} && *{$sym}{$type} == $ref;
}
}
my %lastattr;
my @declarations;
my %raw;
+my %phase;
my %sigil = (SCALAR=>'$', ARRAY=>'@', HASH=>'%');
+my $global_phase = 0;
+my %global_phases = (
+ BEGIN => 0,
+ CHECK => 1,
+ INIT => 2,
+ END => 3,
+);
+my @global_phases = qw(BEGIN CHECK INIT END);
+
+sub _usage_AH_ {
+ croak "Usage: use $_[0] autotie => {AttrName => TieClassName,...}";
+}
-sub usage {croak "Usage: use $_[0] autotie => {AttrName => TieClassName,...}"}
+my $qual_id = qr/^[_a-z]\w*(::[_a-z]\w*)*$/i;
sub import {
my $class = shift @_;
+ return unless $class eq "Attribute::Handlers";
while (@_) {
my $cmd = shift;
- if ($cmd eq 'autotie') {
+ if ($cmd =~ /^autotie((?:ref)?)$/) {
+ my $tiedata = ($1 ? '$ref, ' : '') . '@$data';
my $mapping = shift;
- usage $class unless ref($mapping) eq 'HASH';
+ _usage_AH_ $class unless ref($mapping) eq 'HASH';
while (my($attr, $tieclass) = each %$mapping) {
- usage $class unless $attr =~ m/^[a-z]\w*(::[a-z]\w*)*$/i
- && $tieclass =~ m/^[a-z]\w*(::[a-z]\w*)*$/i
+ $tieclass =~ s/^([_a-z]\w*(::[_a-z]\w*)*)(.*)/$1/is;
+ my $args = $3||'()';
+ _usage_AH_ $class unless $attr =~ $qual_id
+ && $tieclass =~ $qual_id
&& eval "use base $tieclass; 1";
+ if ($tieclass->isa('Exporter')) {
+ local $Exporter::ExportLevel = 2;
+ $tieclass->import(eval $args);
+ }
+ $attr =~ s/__CALLER__/caller(1)/e;
+ $attr = caller()."::".$attr unless $attr =~ /::/;
eval qq{
sub $attr : ATTR(VAR) {
my (\$ref, \$data) = \@_[2,4];
- \$data = [ \$data ] unless ref \$data eq 'ARRAY';
- my \$type = ref \$ref;
- (\$type eq 'SCALAR')? tie \$\$ref,'$tieclass',\@\$data
- :(\$type eq 'ARRAY') ? tie \@\$ref,'$tieclass',\@\$data
- :(\$type eq 'HASH') ? tie \%\$ref,'$tieclass',\@\$data
- : die "Internal error: can't autotie \$type"
+ my \$was_arrayref = ref \$data eq 'ARRAY';
+ \$data = [ \$data ] unless \$was_arrayref;
+ my \$type = ref(\$ref)||"value (".(\$ref||"<undef>").")";
+ (\$type eq 'SCALAR')? tie \$\$ref,'$tieclass',$tiedata
+ :(\$type eq 'ARRAY') ? tie \@\$ref,'$tieclass',$tiedata
+ :(\$type eq 'HASH') ? tie \%\$ref,'$tieclass',$tiedata
+ : die "Can't autotie a \$type\n"
} 1
} or die "Internal error: $@";
}
}
}
}
-sub resolve_lastattr {
+sub _resolve_lastattr {
return unless $lastattr{ref};
my $sym = findsym @lastattr{'pkg','ref'}
or die "Internal error: $lastattr{pkg} symbol went missing";
}
sub AUTOLOAD {
- my ($class) = @_;
- $AUTOLOAD =~ /_ATTR_(.*?)_(.*)/ or
+ my ($class) = $AUTOLOAD =~ m/(.*)::/g;
+ $AUTOLOAD =~ m/_ATTR_(.*?)_(.*)/ or
croak "Can't locate class method '$AUTOLOAD' via package '$class'";
croak "Attribute handler '$2' doesn't handle $1 attributes";
}
sub DESTROY {}
-my $builtin = qr/lvalue|method|locked/;
+my $builtin = qr/lvalue|method|locked|unique|shared/;
-sub handler() {
+sub _gen_handler_AH_() {
return sub {
- resolve_lastattr;
+ _resolve_lastattr;
my ($pkg, $ref, @attrs) = @_;
foreach (@attrs) {
- my ($attr, $data) = /^([a-z_]\w*)(?:[(](.*)[)])?$/i or next;
+ my ($attr, $data) = /^([a-z_]\w*)(?:[(](.*)[)])?$/is or next;
if ($attr eq 'ATTR') {
$data ||= "ANY";
$raw{$ref} = $data =~ s/\s*,?\s*RAWDATA\s*,?\s*//;
+ $phase{$ref}{BEGIN} = 1
+ if $data =~ s/\s*,?\s*(BEGIN)\s*,?\s*//;
+ $phase{$ref}{INIT} = 1
+ if $data =~ s/\s*,?\s*(INIT)\s*,?\s*//;
+ $phase{$ref}{END} = 1
+ if $data =~ s/\s*,?\s*(END)\s*,?\s*//;
+ $phase{$ref}{CHECK} = 1
+ if $data =~ s/\s*,?\s*(CHECK)\s*,?\s*//
+ || ! keys %{$phase{$ref}};
+ # Added for cleanup to not pollute next call.
+ (%lastattr = ()),
+ croak "Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine"
+ if keys %lastattr;
croak "Bad attribute type: ATTR($data)"
unless $validtype{$data};
%lastattr=(pkg=>$pkg,ref=>$ref,type=>$data);
}
else {
- my $handler = $pkg->can($attr);
+ my $type = ref $ref;
+ my $handler = $pkg->can("_ATTR_${type}_${attr}");
next unless $handler;
- push @declarations,
- [$pkg, $ref, $attr, $data, $raw{$handler}];
+ my $decl = [$pkg, $ref, $attr, $data,
+ $raw{$handler}, $phase{$handler}];
+ foreach my $gphase (@global_phases) {
+ _apply_handler_AH_($decl,$gphase)
+ if $global_phases{$gphase} <= $global_phase;
+ }
+ if ($global_phase != 0) {
+ # if _gen_handler_AH_ is being called after
+ # CHECK it's for a lexical, so make sure
+ # it didn't want to run anything later
+
+ local $Carp::CarpLevel = 2;
+ carp "Won't be able to apply END handler"
+ if $phase{$handler}{END};
+ }
+ else {
+ push @declarations, $decl
+ }
}
$_ = undef;
}
}
}
-*{"MODIFY_${_}_ATTRIBUTES"} = handler foreach @{$validtype{ANY}};
-push @UNIVERSAL::ISA, 'Attribute::Handlers'
- unless grep /^Attribute::Handlers$/, @UNIVERSAL::ISA;
-
-CHECK {
- resolve_lastattr;
- foreach (@declarations) {
- my ($pkg, $ref, $attr, $data, $raw) = @$_;
- my $type = ref $ref;
- my $sym = findsym($pkg, $ref);
- $sym ||= $type eq 'CODE' ? 'ANON' : 'LEXICAL';
- my $handler = "_ATTR_${type}_${attr}";
- no warnings;
- my $evaled = !$raw && eval("package $pkg; no warnings;
- \$SIG{__WARN__}=sub{die}; [$data]");
- $data = ($evaled && $data =~ /^\s*\[/) ? [$evaled]
- : ($evaled) ? $evaled
- : [$data];
- $pkg->$handler($sym, $ref, $attr, @$data>1? $data : $data->[0]);
- }
+*{"Attribute::Handlers::UNIVERSAL::MODIFY_${_}_ATTRIBUTES"} =
+ _gen_handler_AH_ foreach @{$validtype{ANY}};
+push @UNIVERSAL::ISA, 'Attribute::Handlers::UNIVERSAL'
+ unless grep /^Attribute::Handlers::UNIVERSAL$/, @UNIVERSAL::ISA;
+
+sub _apply_handler_AH_ {
+ my ($declaration, $phase) = @_;
+ my ($pkg, $ref, $attr, $data, $raw, $handlerphase) = @$declaration;
+ return unless $handlerphase->{$phase};
+ # print STDERR "Handling $attr on $ref in $phase with [$data]\n";
+ my $type = ref $ref;
+ my $handler = "_ATTR_${type}_${attr}";
+ my $sym = findsym($pkg, $ref);
+ $sym ||= $type eq 'CODE' ? 'ANON' : 'LEXICAL';
+ no warnings;
+ my $evaled = !$raw && eval("package $pkg; no warnings;
+ local \$SIG{__WARN__}=sub{die}; [$data]");
+ $data = ($evaled && $data =~ /^\s*\[/) ? [$evaled]
+ : ($evaled) ? $evaled
+ : [$data];
+ $pkg->$handler($sym,
+ (ref $sym eq 'GLOB' ? *{$sym}{ref $ref}||$ref : $ref),
+ $attr,
+ (@$data>1? $data : $data->[0]),
+ $phase,
+ );
+ return 1;
+}
+
+{
+ no warnings 'void';
+ CHECK {
+ $global_phase++;
+ _resolve_lastattr;
+ _apply_handler_AH_($_,'CHECK') foreach @declarations;
+ }
+
+ INIT {
+ $global_phase++;
+ _apply_handler_AH_($_,'INIT') foreach @declarations
+ }
}
+END { $global_phase++; _apply_handler_AH_($_,'END') foreach @declarations }
+
1;
__END__
=head1 VERSION
-This document describes version 0.61 of Attribute::Handlers,
-released May 10, 2001.
+This document describes version 0.78 of Attribute::Handlers,
+released October 5, 2002.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
define attribute handler subroutines for specific attributes. Variables
and subroutines subsequently defined in that package, or in packages
derived from that package may be given attributes with the same names as
-the attribute handler subroutines, which will then be called at the end
-of the compilation phase (i.e. in a C<CHECK> block).
+the attribute handler subroutines, which will then be called in one of
+the compilation phases (i.e. in a C<BEGIN>, C<CHECK>, C<INIT>, or C<END>
+block).
To create a handler, define it as a subroutine with the same name as
the desired attribute, and declare the subroutine itself with the
use Attribute::Handlers;
sub Loud :ATTR {
- my ($package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data) = @_;
+ my ($package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data, $phase) = @_;
print STDERR
ref($referent), " ",
*{$symbol}{NAME}, " ",
"($referent) ", "was just declared ",
"and ascribed the ${attr} attribute ",
- "with data ($data)\n";
+ "with data ($data)\n",
+ "in phase $phase\n";
}
-This creates an handler for the attribute C<:Loud> in the class LoudDecl.
+This creates a handler for the attribute C<:Loud> in the class LoudDecl.
Thereafter, any subroutine declared with a C<:Loud> attribute in the class
LoudDecl:
=item [4]
-any data associated with that attribute.
+any data associated with that attribute;
+
+=item [5]
+
+the name of the phase in which the handler is being invoked.
=back
Likewise, declaring any variables with the C<:Loud> attribute within the
package:
- package LoudDecl;
+ package LoudDecl;
- my $foo :Loud;
- my @foo :Loud;
- my %foo :Loud;
+ my $foo :Loud;
+ my @foo :Loud;
+ my %foo :Loud;
will cause the handler to be called with a similar argument list (except,
of course, that C<$_[2]> will be a reference to the variable).
The data argument passes in the value (if any) associated with the
attribute. For example, if C<&foo> had been declared:
- sub foo :Loud("turn it up to 11, man!") {...}
+ sub foo :Loud("turn it up to 11, man!") {...}
then the string C<"turn it up to 11, man!"> would be passed as the
last argument.
the handler (but see L<"Non-interpretive attribute handlers">).
For example, all of these:
- sub foo :Loud(till=>ears=>are=>bleeding) {...}
- sub foo :Loud(['till','ears','are','bleeding']) {...}
- sub foo :Loud(qw/till ears are bleeding/) {...}
- sub foo :Loud(qw/my, ears, are, bleeding/) {...}
- sub foo :Loud(till,ears,are,bleeding) {...}
+ sub foo :Loud(till=>ears=>are=>bleeding) {...}
+ sub foo :Loud(['till','ears','are','bleeding']) {...}
+ sub foo :Loud(qw/till ears are bleeding/) {...}
+ sub foo :Loud(qw/my, ears, are, bleeding/) {...}
+ sub foo :Loud(till,ears,are,bleeding) {...}
causes it to pass C<['till','ears','are','bleeding']> as the handler's
data argument. However, if the data can't be parsed as valid Perl, then
it is passed as an uninterpreted string. For example:
- sub foo :Loud(my,ears,are,bleeding) {...}
- sub foo :Loud(qw/my ears are bleeding) {...}
+ sub foo :Loud(my,ears,are,bleeding) {...}
+ sub foo :Loud(qw/my ears are bleeding) {...}
cause the strings C<'my,ears,are,bleeding'> and C<'qw/my ears are bleeding'>
respectively to be passed as the data argument.
ascribed an attribute, the handler that is invoked is the one belonging to
the package to which it is typed. For example, the following declarations:
- package OtherClass;
+ package OtherClass;
- my LoudDecl $loudobj : Loud;
- my LoudDecl @loudobjs : Loud;
- my LoudDecl %loudobjex : Loud;
+ my LoudDecl $loudobj : Loud;
+ my LoudDecl @loudobjs : Loud;
+ my LoudDecl %loudobjex : Loud;
causes the LoudDecl::Loud handler to be invoked (even if OtherClass also
defines a handler for C<:Loud> attributes).
the handler is only applied to declarations of that type. For example,
the following definition:
- package LoudDecl;
+ package LoudDecl;
- sub RealLoud :ATTR(SCALAR) { print "Yeeeeow!" }
+ sub RealLoud :ATTR(SCALAR) { print "Yeeeeow!" }
creates an attribute handler that applies only to scalars:
- package Painful;
- use base LoudDecl;
+ package Painful;
+ use base LoudDecl;
- my $metal : RealLoud; # invokes &LoudDecl::RealLoud
- my @metal : RealLoud; # error: unknown attribute
- my %metal : RealLoud; # error: unknown attribute
- sub metal : RealLoud {...} # error: unknown attribute
+ my $metal : RealLoud; # invokes &LoudDecl::RealLoud
+ my @metal : RealLoud; # error: unknown attribute
+ my %metal : RealLoud; # error: unknown attribute
+ sub metal : RealLoud {...} # error: unknown attribute
You can, of course, declare separate handlers for these types as well
(but you'll need to specify C<no warnings 'redefine'> to do it quietly):
- package LoudDecl;
- use Attribute::Handlers;
- no warnings 'redefine';
+ package LoudDecl;
+ use Attribute::Handlers;
+ no warnings 'redefine';
- sub RealLoud :ATTR(SCALAR) { print "Yeeeeow!" }
- sub RealLoud :ATTR(ARRAY) { print "Urrrrrrrrrr!" }
- sub RealLoud :ATTR(HASH) { print "Arrrrrgggghhhhhh!" }
- sub RealLoud :ATTR(CODE) { croak "Real loud sub torpedoed" }
+ sub RealLoud :ATTR(SCALAR) { print "Yeeeeow!" }
+ sub RealLoud :ATTR(ARRAY) { print "Urrrrrrrrrr!" }
+ sub RealLoud :ATTR(HASH) { print "Arrrrrgggghhhhhh!" }
+ sub RealLoud :ATTR(CODE) { croak "Real loud sub torpedoed" }
You can also explicitly indicate that a single handler is meant to be
used for all types of referents like so:
- package LoudDecl;
- use Attribute::Handlers;
+ package LoudDecl;
+ use Attribute::Handlers;
- sub SeriousLoud :ATTR(ANY) { warn "Hearing loss imminent" }
+ sub SeriousLoud :ATTR(ANY) { warn "Hearing loss imminent" }
(I.e. C<ATTR(ANY)> is a synonym for C<:ATTR>).
the handler get in the way.
You can turn off that eagerness-to-help by declaring
-an attribute handler with the the keyword C<RAWDATA>. For example:
+an attribute handler with the keyword C<RAWDATA>. For example:
- sub Raw : ATTR(RAWDATA) {...}
- sub Nekkid : ATTR(SCALAR,RAWDATA) {...}
- sub Au::Naturale : ATTR(RAWDATA,ANY) {...}
+ sub Raw : ATTR(RAWDATA) {...}
+ sub Nekkid : ATTR(SCALAR,RAWDATA) {...}
+ sub Au::Naturale : ATTR(RAWDATA,ANY) {...}
Then the handler makes absolutely no attempt to interpret the data it
receives and simply passes it as a string:
- my $power : Raw(1..100); # handlers receives "1..100"
+ my $power : Raw(1..100); # handlers receives "1..100"
+
+=head2 Phase-specific attribute handlers
+
+By default, attribute handlers are called at the end of the compilation
+phase (in a C<CHECK> block). This seems to be optimal in most cases because
+most things that can be defined are defined by that point but nothing has
+been executed.
+
+However, it is possible to set up attribute handlers that are called at
+other points in the program's compilation or execution, by explicitly
+stating the phase (or phases) in which you wish the attribute handler to
+be called. For example:
+
+ sub Early :ATTR(SCALAR,BEGIN) {...}
+ sub Normal :ATTR(SCALAR,CHECK) {...}
+ sub Late :ATTR(SCALAR,INIT) {...}
+ sub Final :ATTR(SCALAR,END) {...}
+ sub Bookends :ATTR(SCALAR,BEGIN,END) {...}
+
+As the last example indicates, a handler may be set up to be (re)called in
+two or more phases. The phase name is passed as the handler's final argument.
+
+Note that attribute handlers that are scheduled for the C<BEGIN> phase
+are handled as soon as the attribute is detected (i.e. before any
+subsequently defined C<BEGIN> blocks are executed).
=head2 Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
use Tie::Cycle;
sub UNIVERSAL::Cycle : ATTR(SCALAR) {
- my ($package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data) = @_;
+ my ($package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data, $phase) = @_;
$data = [ $data ] unless ref $data eq 'ARRAY';
tie $$referent, 'Tie::Cycle', $data;
}
package main;
- my $next : Cycle('A'..'Z'); # $next is now a tied variable
+ my $next : Cycle('A'..'Z'); # $next is now a tied variable
while (<>) {
print $next;
}
-In fact, this pattern is so widely applicable that Attribute::Handlers
+Note that, because the C<Cycle> attribute receives its arguments in the
+C<$data> variable, if the attribute is given a list of arguments, C<$data>
+will consist of a single array reference; otherwise, it will consist of the
+single argument directly. Since Tie::Cycle requires its cycling values to
+be passed as an array reference, this means that we need to wrap
+non-array-reference arguments in an array constructor:
+
+ $data = [ $data ] unless ref $data eq 'ARRAY';
+
+Typically, however, things are the other way around: the tieable class expects
+its arguments as a flattened list, so the attribute looks like:
+
+ sub UNIVERSAL::Cycle : ATTR(SCALAR) {
+ my ($package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data, $phase) = @_;
+ my @data = ref $data eq 'ARRAY' ? @$data : $data;
+ tie $$referent, 'Tie::Whatever', @data;
+ }
+
+
+This software pattern is so widely applicable that Attribute::Handlers
provides a way to automate it: specifying C<'autotie'> in the
-C<use Attribute::Handlers> statement. So, the previous example,
+C<use Attribute::Handlers> statement. So, the cycling example,
could also be written:
use Attribute::Handlers autotie => { Cycle => 'Tie::Cycle' };
package main;
- my $next : Cycle('A'..'Z'); # $next is now a tied variable
+ my $next : Cycle(['A'..'Z']); # $next is now a tied variable
while (<>) {
print $next;
+Note that we now have to pass the cycling values as an array reference,
+since the C<autotie> mechanism passes C<tie> a list of arguments as a list
+(as in the Tie::Whatever example), I<not> as an array reference (as in
+the original Tie::Cycle example at the start of this section).
+
The argument after C<'autotie'> is a reference to a hash in which each key is
the name of an attribute to be created, and each value is the class to which
variables ascribed that attribute should be tied.
Note that there is no longer any need to import the Tie::Cycle module --
-Attribute::Handlers takes care of that automagically.
+Attribute::Handlers takes care of that automagically. You can even pass
+arguments to the module's C<import> subroutine, by appending them to the
+class name. For example:
+
+ use Attribute::Handlers
+ autotie => { Dir => 'Tie::Dir qw(DIR_UNLINK)' };
If the attribute name is unqualified, the attribute is installed in the
current package. Otherwise it is installed in the qualifier's package:
-
package Here;
use Attribute::Handlers autotie => {
UNIVERSAL::Ugly => Software::Patent # tie attr installed everywhere
};
+Autoties are most commonly used in the module to which they actually tie,
+and need to export their attributes to any module that calls them. To
+facilitiate this, Attribute::Handlers recognizes a special "pseudo-class" --
+C<__CALLER__>, which may be specified as the qualifier of an attribute:
+
+ package Tie::Me::Kangaroo:Down::Sport;
+
+ use Attribute::Handlers autotie => { '__CALLER__::Roo' => __PACKAGE__ };
+
+This causes Attribute::Handlers to define the C<Roo> attribute in the package
+that imports the Tie::Me::Kangaroo:Down::Sport module.
+
+Note that it is important to quote the __CALLER__::Roo identifier because
+a bug in perl 5.8 will refuse to parse it and cause an unknown error.
+
+=head3 Passing the tied object to C<tie>
+
+Occasionally it is important to pass a reference to the object being tied
+to the TIESCALAR, TIEHASH, etc. that ties it.
+
+The C<autotie> mechanism supports this too. The following code:
+
+ use Attribute::Handlers autotieref => { Selfish => Tie::Selfish };
+ my $var : Selfish(@args);
+
+has the same effect as:
+
+ tie my $var, 'Tie::Selfish', @args;
+
+But when C<"autotieref"> is used instead of C<"autotie">:
+
+ use Attribute::Handlers autotieref => { Selfish => Tie::Selfish };
+ my $var : Selfish(@args);
+
+the effect is to pass the C<tie> call an extra reference to the variable
+being tied:
+
+ tie my $var, 'Tie::Selfish', \$var, @args;
+
+
=head1 EXAMPLES
\$slr, # referent
'Good', # attr name
undef # no attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
MyClass::Bad:ATTR(SCALAR)( 'MyClass', # class
\$slr, # referent
'Bad', # attr name
0 # eval'd attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
MyClass::Omni:ATTR(SCALAR)( 'MyClass', # class
\$slr, # referent
'Omni', # attr name
'-vorous' # eval'd attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
\&SomeOtherClass::fn, # referent
'Ugly', # attr name
'sister' # eval'd attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
MyClass::Omni:ATTR(CODE)( 'SomeOtherClass', # class
\&SomeOtherClass::fn, # referent
'Omni', # attr name
['po','acle'] # eval'd attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
\@arr, # referent
'Good', # attr name
undef # no attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
MyClass::Omni:ATTR(ARRAY)( 'SomeOtherClass', # class
\@arr, # referent
'Omni', # attr name
"" # eval'd attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
\%hsh, # referent
'Good', # attr name
'q/bye' # raw attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
MyClass::Omni:ATTR(HASH)( 'SomeOtherClass', # class
\%hsh, # referent
'Omni', # attr name
'bus' # eval'd attr data
+ 'CHECK', # compiler phase
);
Installing handlers into UNIVERSAL, makes them...err..universal.
For example:
- package Descriptions;
- use Attribute::Handlers;
+ package Descriptions;
+ use Attribute::Handlers;
- my %name;
- sub name { return $name{$_[2]}||*{$_[1]}{NAME} }
+ my %name;
+ sub name { return $name{$_[2]}||*{$_[1]}{NAME} }
- sub UNIVERSAL::Name :ATTR {
- $name{$_[2]} = $_[4];
- }
+ sub UNIVERSAL::Name :ATTR {
+ $name{$_[2]} = $_[4];
+ }
- sub UNIVERSAL::Purpose :ATTR {
- print STDERR "Purpose of ", &name, " is $_[4]\n";
- }
+ sub UNIVERSAL::Purpose :ATTR {
+ print STDERR "Purpose of ", &name, " is $_[4]\n";
+ }
- sub UNIVERSAL::Unit :ATTR {
- print STDERR &name, " measured in $_[4]\n";
- }
+ sub UNIVERSAL::Unit :ATTR {
+ print STDERR &name, " measured in $_[4]\n";
+ }
Let's you write:
- use Descriptions;
+ use Descriptions;
- my $capacity : Name(capacity)
- : Purpose(to store max storage capacity for files)
- : Unit(Gb);
+ my $capacity : Name(capacity)
+ : Purpose(to store max storage capacity for files)
+ : Unit(Gb);
- package Other;
+ package Other;
- sub foo : Purpose(to foo all data before barring it) { }
+ sub foo : Purpose(to foo all data before barring it) { }
- # etc.
+ # etc.
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
=over
-=item *
-
-C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>
+=item C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>
An attribute handler was specified with an C<:ATTR(I<ref_type>)>, but the
type of referent it was defined to handle wasn't one of the five permitted:
C<SCALAR>, C<ARRAY>, C<HASH>, C<CODE>, or C<ANY>.
-=item *
-
- C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s attributes>
+=item C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s attributes>
A handler for attributes of the specified name I<was> defined, but not
for the specified type of declaration. Typically encountered whe trying
to apply a C<VAR> attribute handler to a subroutine, or a C<SCALAR>
attribute handler to some other type of variable.
-=item *
-
-C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with future reserved word>
+=item C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with future reserved word>
A handler for an attributes with an all-lowercase name was declared. An
attribute with an all-lowercase name might have a meaning to Perl
itself some day, even though most don't yet. Use a mixed-case attribute
name, instead.
-=item *
+=item C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>
+
+You just can't, okay?
+Instead, put all the specifications together with commas between them
+in a single C<ATTR(I<specification>)>.
-C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>
+=item C<Can't autotie a %s>
+
+You can only declare autoties for types C<"SCALAR">, C<"ARRAY">, and
+C<"HASH">. They're the only things (apart from typeglobs -- which are
+not declarable) that Perl can tie.
+
+=item C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>
Something is rotten in the state of the program. An attributed
-subroutine ceased to exist between the point it was declared and the end
-of the compilation phase (when its attribute handler(s) would have been
-called).
+subroutine ceased to exist between the point it was declared and the point
+at which its attribute handler(s) would have been called.
+
+=item C<Won't be able to apply END handler>
+
+You have defined an END handler for an attribute that is being applied
+to a lexical variable. Since the variable may not be available during END
+this won't happen.
=back
Copyright (c) 2001, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
- and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
- (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)
+ and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
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