3 #use strict; # debugging only
4 use 5.003_90; # ->can, for my $var
6 $autouse::VERSION = '1.03';
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/\(.*?\)$//; $f } @_);
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 $index = rindex($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 $module;
57 no warnings 'redefine';
58 *$closure_import_func = \&{"${module}::$closure_func"};
59 print "autousing $module; "
60 ."imported $closure_func as $closure_import_func\n"
62 goto &$closure_import_func;
66 *$closure_import_func = eval "sub ($proto) { &\$load_sub }";
68 *$closure_import_func = $load_sub;
75 if (my $import = $module->can('import')) {
76 croak "autoused module has unique import() method"
77 unless defined(&Exporter::import)
78 && $import == \&Exporter::import;
88 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
92 use autouse 'Carp' => qw(carp croak);
93 carp "this carp was predeclared and autoused ";
97 If the module C<Module> is already loaded, then the declaration
99 use autouse 'Module' => qw(func1 func2($;$));
103 use Module qw(func1 func2);
105 if C<Module> defines func2() with prototype C<($;$)>, and func1() has
106 no prototypes. (At least if C<Module> uses C<Exporter>'s C<import>,
107 otherwise it is a fatal error.)
109 If the module C<Module> is not loaded yet, then the above declaration
110 declares functions func1() and func2() in the current package. When
111 these functions are called, they load the package C<Module> if needed,
112 and substitute themselves with the correct definitions.
116 use Module qw(Module::func3);
118 will work and is the equivalent to:
120 use Module qw(func3);
122 It is not a very useful feature and has been deprecated.
129 Using C<autouse> will move important steps of your program's execution
130 from compile time to runtime. This can
136 Break the execution of your program if the module you C<autouse>d has
137 some initialization which it expects to be done early.
141 hide bugs in your code since important checks (like correctness of
142 prototypes) is moved from compile time to runtime. In particular, if
143 the prototype you specified on C<autouse> line is wrong, you will not
144 find it out until the corresponding function is executed. This will be
145 very unfortunate for functions which are not always called (note that
146 for such functions C<autouse>ing gives biggest win, for a workaround
151 To alleviate the second problem (partially) it is advised to write
152 your scripts like this:
155 use autouse Module => qw(carp($) croak(&$));
156 carp "this carp was predeclared and autoused ";
158 The first line ensures that the errors in your argument specification
159 are found early. When you ship your application you should comment
160 out the first line, since it makes the second one useless.
164 Ilya Zakharevich (ilya@math.ohio-state.edu)