use vars qw($VERSION);
use Carp;
-$VERSION = '2.10_01';
+$VERSION = '2.14';
# LOAD FILTERING MODULE...
return !$ishash;
}
-
-my $EOP = qr/\n\n|\Z/;
-my $CUT = qr/\n=cut.*$EOP/;
-my $pod_or_DATA = qr/ ^=(?:head[1-4]|item) .*? $CUT
- | ^=pod .*? $CUT
- | ^=for .*? $EOP
- | ^=begin \s* (\S+) .*? \n=end \s* \1 .*? $EOP
- | ^__(DATA|END)__\n.*
- /smx;
+my $pod_or_DATA = qr/ ^=[A-Za-z] .*? ^=cut (?![A-Za-z]) .*? $
+ | ^__(DATA|END)__\n.*
+ /smx;
my $casecounter = 1;
sub filter_blocks
if (defined $pos[0])
{
my $pre = substr($source,$pos[0],$pos[1]); # matched prefix
- $text .= $pre . substr($source,$pos[2],$pos[18]-$pos[2]);
+ my $iEol;
+ if( substr($source,$pos[4],$pos[5]) eq '/' && # 1st delimiter
+ substr($source,$pos[2],$pos[3]) eq '' && # no op like 'm'
+ index( substr($source,$pos[16],$pos[17]), 'x' ) == -1 && # no //x
+ ($iEol = index( $source, "\n", $pos[4] )) > 0 &&
+ $iEol < $pos[8] ){ # embedded newlines
+ # If this is a pattern, it isn't compatible with Switch. Backup past 1st '/'.
+ pos( $source ) = $pos[6];
+ $text .= $pre . substr($source,$pos[2],$pos[6]-$pos[2]);
+ } else {
+ $text .= $pre . substr($source,$pos[2],$pos[18]-$pos[2]);
+ }
next component;
}
- if ($source =~ m/\G\s*($pod_or_DATA)/gc) {
+ if ($source =~ m/(\G\s*$pod_or_DATA)/gc) {
+ $text .= $1;
next component;
}
@pos = Text::Balanced::_match_variable(\$source,qr/\s*/);
=head1 VERSION
-This document describes version 2.10 of Switch,
-released Dec 29, 2003.
+This document describes version 2.14 of Switch,
+released Dec 29, 2008.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
- use Switch;
-
- switch ($val) {
+ use Switch;
- case 1 { print "number 1" }
- case "a" { print "string a" }
- case [1..10,42] { print "number in list" }
- case (@array) { print "number in list" }
- case /\w+/ { print "pattern" }
- case qr/\w+/ { print "pattern" }
- case (%hash) { print "entry in hash" }
- case (\%hash) { print "entry in hash" }
- case (\&sub) { print "arg to subroutine" }
- else { print "previous case not true" }
- }
+ switch ($val) {
+ case 1 { print "number 1" }
+ case "a" { print "string a" }
+ case [1..10,42] { print "number in list" }
+ case (\@array) { print "number in list" }
+ case /\w+/ { print "pattern" }
+ case qr/\w+/ { print "pattern" }
+ case (\%hash) { print "entry in hash" }
+ case (\&sub) { print "arg to subroutine" }
+ else { print "previous case not true" }
+ }
=head1 BACKGROUND
one could test for the existence of a single key in a series of hashes
(C<match if exists $c-E<gt>{$s}>).
-As L<perltodo> observes, a Perl case mechanism must support all these
-"ways to do it".
-
-
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The Switch.pm module implements a generalized case mechanism that covers
-the numerous possible combinations of switch and case values described above.
+most (but not all) of the numerous possible combinations of switch and case
+values described above.
The module augments the standard Perl syntax with two new control
statements: C<switch> and C<case>. The C<switch> statement takes a
This boolean expression is inevitably true, since both references are
non-false. Fortunately, the overloaded C<'bool'> operator catches this
-situation and flags it as a error.
+situation and flags it as an error.
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
=head1 AUTHOR
-Damian Conway (damian@conway.org). The maintainer of this module is now Rafael
-Garcia-Suarez (rgarciasuarez@free.fr).
+Damian Conway (damian@conway.org). This module is now maintained by Rafael
+Garcia-Suarez (rgarciasuarez@gmail.com) and more generally by the Perl 5
+Porters (perl5-porters@perl.org), as part of the Perl core.
=head1 BUGS
=head1 LIMITATIONS
-Due to the heuristic nature of Switch.pm's source parsing, the presence
+Due to the heuristic nature of Switch.pm's source parsing, the presence of
+regexes with embedded newlines that are specified with raw C</.../>
+delimiters and don't have a modifier C<//x> are indistinguishable from
+code chunks beginning with the division operator C</>. As a workaround
+you must use C<m/.../> or C<m?...?> for such patterns. Also, the presence
of regexes specified with raw C<?...?> delimiters may cause mysterious
errors. The workaround is to use C<m?...?> instead.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
- Copyright (c) 1997-2006, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
+ Copyright (c) 1997-2008, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.