5 # The following require can't be removed during maintenance
6 # releases, sadly, because of the risk of buggy code that does
7 # require Carp; Carp::croak "..."; without brackets dying
8 # if Carp hasn't been loaded in earlier compile time. :-(
9 # We'll let those bugs get found on the development track.
10 require Carp if $] < 5.00450;
12 use warnings::register;
15 my $callpack = caller;
16 my ($pack, @imports, $sym, $ch) = @_;
17 foreach $sym (@imports) {
18 ($ch, $sym) = unpack('a1a*', $sym);
19 if ($sym =~ tr/A-Za-z_0-9//c) {
20 # time for a more-detailed check-up
23 Carp::croak("Can't declare another package's variables");
24 } elsif ($sym =~ /^\w+[[{].*[]}]$/) {
26 Carp::croak("Can't declare individual elements of hash or array");
27 } elsif (warnings::enabled() and length($sym) == 1 and $sym !~ tr/a-zA-Z//) {
28 warnings::warn("No need to declare built-in vars");
31 *{"${callpack}::$sym"} =
32 ( $ch eq "\$" ? \$ {"${callpack}::$sym"}
33 : $ch eq "\@" ? \@ {"${callpack}::$sym"}
34 : $ch eq "\%" ? \% {"${callpack}::$sym"}
35 : $ch eq "\*" ? \* {"${callpack}::$sym"}
36 : $ch eq "\&" ? \& {"${callpack}::$sym"}
39 Carp::croak("'$ch$sym' is not a valid variable name");
49 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
53 use vars qw($frob @mung %seen);
57 NOTE: The functionality provided by this pragma has been superseded
58 by C<our> declarations, available in Perl v5.6.0 or later. See
61 This will predeclare all the variables whose names are
62 in the list, allowing you to use them under "use strict", and
63 disabling any typo warnings.
65 Unlike pragmas that affect the C<$^H> hints variable, the C<use vars> and
66 C<use subs> declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They are thus effective
67 for the entire file in which they appear. You may not rescind such
68 declarations with C<no vars> or C<no subs>.
70 Packages such as the B<AutoLoader> and B<SelfLoader> that delay
71 loading of subroutines within packages can create problems with
72 package lexicals defined using C<my()>. While the B<vars> pragma
73 cannot duplicate the effect of package lexicals (total transparency
74 outside of the package), it can act as an acceptable substitute by
75 pre-declaring global symbols, ensuring their availability to the
76 later-loaded routines.
78 See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>.