subtype 'ClassName'
=> as 'Str'
- => where { eval { $_->isa('UNIVERSAL') } }
- => optimize_as { !ref($_[0]) && eval { $_[0]->isa('UNIVERSAL') } };
+ => where {
+ return unless defined($_) && length($_);
+
+ # walk the symbol table tree to avoid autovififying
+ # \*{${main::}{"Foo::"}} == \*main::Foo::
+
+ my $pack = \*::;
+ foreach my $part (split('::', $_)) {
+ return unless exists ${$$pack}{"${part}::"};
+ $pack = \*{${$$pack}{"${part}::"}};
+ }
+
+ # check for $VERSION or @ISA
+ return 1 if exists ${$$pack}{VERSION}
+ && defined *{${$$pack}{VERSION}}{SCALAR};
+ return 1 if exists ${$$pack}{ISA}
+ && defined *{${$$pack}{ISA}}{ARRAY};
+
+ # check for any method
+ foreach ( keys %{$$pack} ) {
+ next if substr($_, -2, 2) eq '::';
+ return 1 if defined *{${$$pack}{$_}}{CODE};
+ }
+
+ # fail
+ return;
+ }
+ => optimize_as {
+ return if ref($_[0]);
+ return unless defined($_[0]) && length($_[0]);
+
+ # walk the symbol table tree to avoid autovififying
+ # \*{${main::}{"Foo::"}} == \*main::Foo::
+
+ my $pack = \*::;
+ foreach my $part (split('::', $_[0])) {
+ return unless exists ${$$pack}{"${part}::"};
+ $pack = \*{${$$pack}{"${part}::"}};
+ }
+
+ # check for $VERSION or @ISA
+ return 1 if exists ${$$pack}{VERSION}
+ && defined *{${$$pack}{VERSION}}{SCALAR};
+ return 1 if exists ${$$pack}{ISA}
+ && defined *{${$$pack}{ISA}}{ARRAY};
+
+ # check for any method
+ foreach ( keys %{$$pack} ) {
+ next if substr($_, -2, 2) eq '::';
+ return 1 if defined *{${$$pack}{$_}}{CODE};
+ }
+
+ # fail
+ return;
+ };
## --------------------------------------------------------
# end of built-in types ...