3 #use strict; # debugging only
4 use 5.003_90; # ->can, for my $var
6 $autouse::VERSION = '1.01';
18 my $class = @_ ? shift : 'autouse';
19 croak "usage: use $class MODULE [,SUBS...]" unless @_;
22 (my $pm = $module) =~ s{::}{/}g;
24 if (exists $INC{$pm}) {
26 local $Exporter::ExportLevel = $Exporter::ExportLevel + 1;
27 # $Exporter::Verbose = 1;
28 return $module->import(map { (my $f = $_) =~ s/\(.*?\)$// } @_);
31 # It is not loaded: need to do real work.
32 my $callpkg = caller(0);
33 print "autouse called from $callpkg\n" if $autouse::DEBUG;
38 $proto = $1 if (my $func = $f) =~ s/\((.*)\)$//;
40 my $closure_import_func = $func; # Full name
41 my $closure_func = $func; # Name inside package
42 my $index = index($func, '::');
44 $closure_import_func = "${callpkg}::$func";
46 $closure_func = substr $func, $index + 2;
47 croak "autouse into different package attempted"
48 unless substr($func, 0, $index) eq $module;
57 *$closure_import_func = \&{"${module}::$closure_func"};
58 print "autousing $module; "
59 ."imported $closure_func as $closure_import_func\n"
61 goto &$closure_import_func;
65 *$closure_import_func = eval "sub ($proto) { &\$load_sub }";
67 *$closure_import_func = $load_sub;
74 if (my $import = $module->can('import')) {
75 croak "autoused module has unique import() method"
76 unless defined(&Exporter::import)
77 && $import == \&Exporter::import;
87 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
91 use autouse 'Carp' => qw(carp croak);
92 carp "this carp was predeclared and autoused ";
96 If the module C<Module> is already loaded, then the declaration
98 use autouse 'Module' => qw(func1 func2($;$) Module::func3);
102 use Module qw(func1 func2);
104 if C<Module> defines func2() with prototype C<($;$)>, and func1() and
105 func3() have no prototypes. (At least if C<Module> uses C<Exporter>'s
106 C<import>, otherwise it is a fatal error.)
108 If the module C<Module> is not loaded yet, then the above declaration
109 declares functions func1() and func2() in the current package, and
110 declares a function Module::func3(). When these functions are called,
111 they load the package C<Module> if needed, and substitute themselves
112 with the correct definitions.
116 Using C<autouse> will move important steps of your program's execution
117 from compile time to runtime. This can
123 Break the execution of your program if the module you C<autouse>d has
124 some initialization which it expects to be done early.
128 hide bugs in your code since important checks (like correctness of
129 prototypes) is moved from compile time to runtime. In particular, if
130 the prototype you specified on C<autouse> line is wrong, you will not
131 find it out until the corresponding function is executed. This will be
132 very unfortunate for functions which are not always called (note that
133 for such functions C<autouse>ing gives biggest win, for a workaround
138 To alleviate the second problem (partially) it is advised to write
139 your scripts like this:
142 use autouse Module => qw(carp($) croak(&$));
143 carp "this carp was predeclared and autoused ";
145 The first line ensures that the errors in your argument specification
146 are found early. When you ship your application you should comment
147 out the first line, since it makes the second one useless.
151 Ilya Zakharevich (ilya@math.ohio-state.edu)