uses it heavily, to generate inlined versions of accessors and constructors,
which speeds code up at runtime by a significant amount. String eval is not
without its issues however - it's difficult to control the scope it's used in
-(which determines which variables are in scope inside the eval).
+(which determines which variables are in scope inside the eval), and it's easy
+to miss compilation errors, since eval catches them and sticks them in $@
+instead.
-This module attempts to solve this problem. It provides an C<eval_closure>
+This module attempts to solve these problems. It provides an C<eval_closure>
function, which evals a string in a clean environment, other than a fixed list
-of specified variables.
+of specified variables. Compilation errors are rethrown automatically.
=cut
return @{ _clean_eval($source) };
}
-$Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID = 0;
-
sub _clean_eval {
- $Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID++;
- return eval <<EVAL;
-package Eval::Closure::Sandbox_$Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID;
-local \$@;
-local \$SIG{__DIE__};
-my \$compiler = eval \$_[0];
-my \$e = \$@;
-[ \$compiler, \$e ];
-EVAL
+ local $@;
+ local $SIG{__DIE__};
+ my $compiler = eval $_[0];
+ my $e = $@;
+ [ $compiler, $e ];
}
+$Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID = 0;
+
sub _make_compiler_source {
my ($source, @capture_keys) = @_;
+ $Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID++;
my $i = 0;
return join "\n", (
+ "package Eval::Closure::Sandbox_$Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID;",
'sub {',
(map {
'my ' . $_ . ' = ' . substr($_, 0, 1) . '{$_[' . $i++ . ']};'