X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fautouse.pm;h=68646a47201d35e7427a580b2e78fd48b1e15e87;hb=bc4938c65d770a20856c44a0d21026bcc6f41d7b;hp=7fb318be1c9cfd7875beda9dfc4ef603641ce290;hpb=8d5464a9414375d879690bea0e51f7fdfcb0f619;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/lib/autouse.pm b/lib/autouse.pm index 7fb318b..68646a4 100644 --- a/lib/autouse.pm +++ b/lib/autouse.pm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package autouse; #use strict; # debugging only use 5.003_90; # ->can, for my $var -$autouse::VERSION = '1.02'; +$autouse::VERSION = '1.03'; $autouse::DEBUG ||= 0; @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ sub import { die if $@; vet_import $module; } + no warnings 'redefine'; *$closure_import_func = \&{"${module}::$closure_func"}; print "autousing $module; " ."imported $closure_func as $closure_import_func\n" @@ -95,21 +96,33 @@ autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used If the module C is already loaded, then the declaration - use autouse 'Module' => qw(func1 func2($;$) Module::func3); + use autouse 'Module' => qw(func1 func2($;$)); is equivalent to use Module qw(func1 func2); -if C defines func2() with prototype C<($;$)>, and func1() and -func3() have no prototypes. (At least if C uses C's -C, otherwise it is a fatal error.) +if C defines func2() with prototype C<($;$)>, and func1() has +no prototypes. (At least if C uses C's C, +otherwise it is a fatal error.) If the module C is not loaded yet, then the above declaration -declares functions func1() and func2() in the current package, and -declares a function Module::func3(). When these functions are called, -they load the package C if needed, and substitute themselves -with the correct definitions. +declares functions func1() and func2() in the current package. When +these functions are called, they load the package C if needed, +and substitute themselves with the correct definitions. + +=begin _deprecated + + use Module qw(Module::func3); + +will work and is the equivalent to: + + use Module qw(func3); + +It is not a very useful feature and has been deprecated. + +=end _deprecated + =head1 WARNING