From 5b2cfa76173890d91ce0feca5972e57ff74767da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Father Chrysostomos Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:25:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Exporter.pm: Consistent spaces after dots --- lib/Exporter.pm | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/Exporter.pm b/lib/Exporter.pm index 02cf39a..f5d11fd 100644 --- a/lib/Exporter.pm +++ b/lib/Exporter.pm @@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ you will like to use in modern Perl code. =head1 DESCRIPTION The Exporter module implements an C method which allows a module -to export functions and variables to its users' namespaces. Many modules +to export functions and variables to its users' namespaces. Many modules use Exporter rather than implementing their own C method because Exporter provides a highly flexible interface, with an implementation optimised for the common case. Perl automatically calls the C method when processing a -C statement for a module. Modules and C are documented -in L and L. Understanding the concept of +C statement for a module. Modules and C are documented +in L and L. Understanding the concept of modules and how the C statement operates is important to understanding the Exporter. @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ 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 -C<@EXPORT_OK> anything but use C<@EXPORT> with caution. For function and +then export nothing. If it's just a collection of functions then +C<@EXPORT_OK> anything but use C<@EXPORT> with caution. For function and method names use barewords in preference to names prefixed with ampersands for the export lists. @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ This causes perl to load your module but does not import any symbols. This imports only the symbols listed by the caller into their namespace. All listed symbols must be in your C<@EXPORT> or C<@EXPORT_OK>, else an error -occurs. The advanced export features of Exporter are accessed like this, +occurs. The advanced export features of Exporter are accessed like this, but with list entries that are syntactically distinct from symbol names. =back @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ need to know to use Exporter. If any of the entries in an import list begins with !, : or / then the list is treated as a series of specifications which either add to -or delete from the list of names to import. They are processed left to +or delete from the list of names to import. They are processed left to right. Specifications are in the form: [!]name This name only @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ right. Specifications are in the form: A leading ! indicates that matching names should be deleted from the list of names to import. If the first specification is a deletion it -is treated as though preceded by :DEFAULT. If you just want to import +is treated as though preceded by :DEFAULT. If you just want to import extra names in addition to the default set you will still need to include :DEFAULT explicitly. @@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ into modules. =head2 Exporting without using Exporter's import method Exporter has a special method, 'export_to_level' which is used in situations -where you can't directly call Exporter's import method. The export_to_level +where you can't directly call Exporter's +import method. The export_to_level method looks like: MyPackage->export_to_level($where_to_export, $package, @what_to_export); @@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ import function: } and you want to Export symbol C<$A::b> back to the module that called -package A. Since Exporter relies on the import method to work, via +package A. Since Exporter relies on the import method to work, via inheritance, as it stands Exporter::import() will never get called. Instead, say the following: @@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ Note: Be careful not to modify C<@_> at all before you call export_to_level By including Exporter in your C<@ISA> you inherit an Exporter's import() method but you also inherit several other helper methods which you probably don't -want. To avoid this you can do +want. To avoid this you can do package YourModule; use Exporter qw( import ); @@ -323,19 +324,19 @@ of Exporter, released with perl 5.8.3. =head2 Module Version Checking The Exporter module will convert an attempt to import a number from a -module into a call to C<< $module_name->VERSION($value) >>. This can +module into a call to C<< $module_name->VERSION($value) >>. This can be used to validate that the version of the module being used is greater than or equal to the required version. Since the C method treats the C<$VERSION> number as a simple numeric value it will regard version 1.10 as lower than -1.9. For this reason it is strongly recommended that you use numbers +1.9. For this reason it is strongly recommended that you use numbers with at least two decimal places, e.g., 1.09. =head2 Managing Unknown Symbols In some situations you may want to prevent certain symbols from being -exported. Typically this applies to extensions which have functions +exported. Typically this applies to extensions which have functions or constants that may not exist on some systems. The names of any symbols that cannot be exported should be listed @@ -343,15 +344,15 @@ in the C<@EXPORT_FAIL> array. If a module attempts to import any of these symbols the Exporter will give the module an opportunity to handle the situation before -generating an error. The Exporter will call an export_fail method +generating an error. The Exporter will call an export_fail method with a list of the failed symbols: @failed_symbols = $module_name->export_fail(@failed_symbols); If the C method returns an empty list then no error is -recorded and all the requested symbols are exported. If the returned +recorded and all the requested symbols are exported. If the returned list is not empty then an error is generated for each symbol and the -export fails. The Exporter provides a default C method which +export fails. The Exporter provides a default C method which simply returns the list unchanged. Uses for the C method include giving better error messages @@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ you to easily add tagged sets of symbols to C<@EXPORT> or C<@EXPORT_OK>: Any names which are not tags are added to C<@EXPORT> or C<@EXPORT_OK> unchanged but will trigger a warning (with C<-w>) to avoid misspelt tags -names being silently added to C<@EXPORT> or C<@EXPORT_OK>. Future versions +names being silently added to C<@EXPORT> or C<@EXPORT_OK>. Future versions may make this a fatal error. =head2 Generating combined tags @@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ constant subroutines are not optimized away at compile time because they can't be checked at compile time for constancy. Even if a prototype is available at compile time, the body of the -subroutine is not (it hasn't been Ced yet). perl needs to +subroutine is not (it hasn't been Ced yet). perl needs to examine both the C<()> prototype and the body of a subroutine at compile time to detect that it can safely replace calls to that subroutine with the constant value. @@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ modules, which are affected by the time the relevant constructions are executed. The ideal (but a bit ugly) way to never have to think -about that is to use C blocks. So the first part +about that is to use C blocks. So the first part of the L code could be rewritten as: package YourModule; @@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ are alternatives with the use of modules like C and C. Any of these statements are nice replacements for C -with the same compile-time effect. The basic difference +with the same compile-time effect. The basic difference is that C code interacts with declared C while C is a streamlined version of the older C code to just establish the IS-A relationship. @@ -506,8 +507,8 @@ C code to just establish the IS-A relationship. For more details, see the documentation and code of L and L. -Another thorough remedy to that runtime vs. -compile-time trap is to use L, +Another thorough remedy to that runtime +vs. compile-time trap is to use L, which is a wrapper of Exporter that allows all boilerplate code at a single gulp in the use statement. @@ -541,16 +542,16 @@ anything you don't need to (because less is more) =back -There's one more item to add to this list. Do B -export variable names. Just because C lets you +There's one more item to add to this list. Do B +export variable names. Just because C lets you do that, it does not mean you should. @EXPORT_OK = qw( $svar @avar %hvar ); # DON'T! -Exporting variables is not a good idea. They can +Exporting variables is not a good idea. They can change under the hood, provoking horrible effects at-a-distance, that are too hard to track -and to fix. Trust me: they are not worth it. +and to fix. Trust me: they are not worth it. To provide the capability to set/get class-wide settings, it is best instead to provide accessors @@ -559,10 +560,10 @@ as subroutines or class methods instead. =head1 SEE ALSO C is definitely not the only module with -symbol exporter capabilities. At CPAN, you may find -a bunch of them. Some are lighter. Some -provide improved APIs and features. Peek the one -that fits your needs. The following is +symbol exporter capabilities. At CPAN, you may find +a bunch of them. Some are lighter. Some +provide improved APIs and features. Peek the one +that fits your needs. The following is a sample list of such modules. Exporter::Easy @@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ a sample list of such modules. =head1 LICENSE -This library is free software. You can redistribute it +This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut -- 1.8.3.1