incredibly messy, and easy to get wrong. This module hides all of that behind a
simple API.
+NOTE: Most methods in this class require a variable specification that includes
+a sigil. If this sigil is absent, it is assumed to represent the IO slot.
+
=head1 METHODS
=cut
'@' => 'ARRAY',
'%' => 'HASH',
'&' => 'CODE',
+ '' => 'IO',
);
sub _deconstruct_variable_name {
my ($self, $variable) = @_;
- (defined $variable)
+ (defined $variable && length $variable)
|| confess "You must pass a variable name";
my $sigil = substr($variable, 0, 1, '');
- (defined $sigil)
- || confess "The variable name must include a sigil";
-
- (exists $SIGIL_MAP{$sigil})
- || confess "I do not recognize that sigil '$sigil'";
-
- return ($variable, $sigil, $SIGIL_MAP{$sigil});
+ if (exists $SIGIL_MAP{$sigil}) {
+ return ($variable, $sigil, $SIGIL_MAP{$sigil});
+ }
+ else {
+ return ("${sigil}${variable}", '', $SIGIL_MAP{''});
+ }
}
}
my $namespace = $self->namespace;
# FIXME
- $self->add_package_symbol($variable)
- unless exists $namespace->{$name};
+ if (!exists $namespace->{$name}) {
+ my $initial = $type eq 'ARRAY' ? []
+ : $type eq 'HASH' ? {}
+ : \undef;
+ $self->add_package_symbol($variable, $initial)
+ }
my $entry_ref = \$namespace->{$name};