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blib/lib/Devel/Declare.pm
Criterion Covered Total %
statement 201 214 93.9
branch 55 68 80.8
condition 9 17 52.9
subroutine 31 33 93.9
pod 2 11 18.1
total 298 343 86.8


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1             package Devel::Declare;
2             # ABSTRACT: (DEPRECATED) Adding keywords to perl, in perl
3              
4 31     31   1267542 use strict;
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5 31     31   149 use warnings;
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6 31     31   676 use 5.008001;
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7              
8             our $VERSION = '0.006_020';
9             $VERSION =~ tr/_//d;
10              
11 31     31   204 use constant DECLARE_NAME => 1;
  31         80  
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12 31     31   190 use constant DECLARE_PROTO => 2;
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13 31     31   181 use constant DECLARE_NONE => 4;
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14 31     31   176 use constant DECLARE_PACKAGE => 8+1; # name implicit
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15              
16 31     31   310 use vars qw(%declarators %declarator_handlers @ISA);
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17 31     31   210 use base qw(DynaLoader);
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18 31     31   209 use Scalar::Util 'set_prototype';
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19 31     31   14200 use B::Hooks::OP::Check 0.19;
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20              
21             bootstrap Devel::Declare;
22              
23             @ISA = ();
24              
25             initialize();
26              
27             sub import {
28 18     18   154 my ($class, %args) = @_;
29 18         41 my $target = caller;
30 18 100       70 if (@_ == 1) { # "use Devel::Declare;"
31 31     31   209 no strict 'refs';
  31         53  
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32 9         24 foreach my $name (qw(NAME PROTO NONE PACKAGE)) {
33 36         51 *{"${target}::DECLARE_${name}"} = *{"DECLARE_${name}"};
  36         2037  
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34             }
35             } else {
36 9         81 $class->setup_for($target => \%args);
37             }
38             }
39              
40             sub unimport {
41 0     0   0 my ($class) = @_;
42 0         0 my $target = caller;
43 0         0 $class->teardown_for($target);
44             }
45              
46             sub setup_for {
47 30     30 1 292737 my ($class, $target, $args) = @_;
48 30         212 setup();
49 30         117 foreach my $key (keys %$args) {
50 30         102 my $info = $args->{$key};
51 30         61 my ($flags, $sub);
52 30 100       224 if (ref($info) eq 'ARRAY') {
    100          
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53 6         12 ($flags, $sub) = @$info;
54             } elsif (ref($info) eq 'CODE') {
55 4         8 $flags = DECLARE_NAME;
56 4         6 $sub = $info;
57             } elsif (ref($info) eq 'HASH') {
58 20         80 $flags = 1;
59 20         300 $sub = $info;
60             } else {
61 0         0 die "Info for sub ${key} must be [ \$flags, \$sub ] or \$sub or handler hashref";
62             }
63 30         202 $declarators{$target}{$key} = $flags;
64 30         7008 $declarator_handlers{$target}{$key} = $sub;
65             }
66             }
67              
68             sub teardown_for {
69 0     0 0 0 my ($class, $target) = @_;
70 0         0 delete $declarators{$target};
71 0         0 delete $declarator_handlers{$target};
72             }
73              
74             my $temp_name;
75             my $temp_save;
76              
77             sub init_declare {
78 17     17 0 48 my ($usepack, $use, $inpack, $name, $proto, $traits) = @_;
79             my ($name_h, $XX_h, $extra_code)
80 17         67 = $declarator_handlers{$usepack}{$use}->(
81             $usepack, $use, $inpack, $name, $proto, defined(wantarray), $traits
82             );
83 17         147 ($temp_name, $temp_save) = ([], []);
84 17 100       41 if ($name) {
85 11 100       44 $name = "${inpack}::${name}" unless $name =~ /::/;
86 11         26 shadow_sub($name, $name_h);
87             }
88 17 100       40 if ($XX_h) {
89 9         23 shadow_sub("${inpack}::X", $XX_h);
90             }
91 17 50       69 if (defined wantarray) {
92 17   100     123 return $extra_code || '0;';
93             } else {
94 0         0 return;
95             }
96             }
97              
98             sub shadow_sub {
99 79     79 1 1624 my ($name, $cr) = @_;
100 79         206 push(@$temp_name, $name);
101 31     31   232 no strict 'refs';
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102 79         620 my ($pack, $pname) = ($name =~ m/(.+)::([^:]+)/);
103 79         593 push(@$temp_save, $pack->can($pname));
104 31     31   215 no warnings 'redefine';
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105 31     31   187 no warnings 'prototype';
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106 79         144 *{$name} = $cr;
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107 79 50       132 set_in_declare(~~@{$temp_name||[]});
  79         579  
108             }
109              
110             sub done_declare {
111 31     31   194 no strict 'refs';
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112 79 50   79 0 139 my $name = shift(@{$temp_name||[]});
  79         314  
113 79 50       214 die "done_declare called with no temp_name stack" unless defined($name);
114 79         136 my $saved = shift(@$temp_save);
115 79         371 $name =~ s/(.*):://;
116 79         236 my $temp_pack = $1;
117 79         109 delete ${"${temp_pack}::"}{$name};
  79         261  
118 79 100       223 if ($saved) {
119 31     31   202 no warnings 'prototype';
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120 60         82 *{"${temp_pack}::${name}"} = $saved;
  60         301  
121             }
122 79 50       143 set_in_declare(~~@{$temp_name||[]});
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123             }
124              
125             sub build_sub_installer {
126 2     2 0 100 my ($class, $pack, $name, $proto) = @_;
127 2 50   8   306 return eval "
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128             package ${pack};
129             my \$body;
130             sub ${name} (${proto}) :lvalue {\n"
131             .' if (wantarray) {
132             goto &$body;
133             }
134             my $ret = $body->(@_);
135             return $ret;
136             };
137             sub { ($body) = @_; };';
138             }
139              
140             sub setup_declarators {
141 1     1 0 2 my ($class, $pack, $to_setup) = @_;
142 1 50 33     13 die "${class}->setup_declarators(\$pack, \\\%to_setup)"
143             unless defined($pack) && ref($to_setup) eq 'HASH';
144 1         3 my %setup_for_args;
145 1         3 foreach my $name (keys %$to_setup) {
146 1         1 my $info = $to_setup->{$name};
147 1   50     3 my $flags = $info->{flags} || DECLARE_NAME;
148 1         2 my $run = $info->{run};
149 1         1 my $compile = $info->{compile};
150 1   50     4 my $proto = $info->{proto} || '&';
151 1         1 my $sub_proto = $proto;
152             # make all args optional to enable lvalue for DECLARE_NONE
153 1         3 $sub_proto =~ s/;//; $sub_proto = ';'.$sub_proto;
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154             #my $installer = $class->build_sub_installer($pack, $name, $proto);
155 1         2 my $installer = $class->build_sub_installer($pack, $name, '@');
156             $installer->(sub :lvalue {
157             #{ no warnings 'uninitialized'; warn 'INST: '.join(', ', @_)."\n"; }
158 7 100   7   14 if (@_) {
159 6 100       24 if (ref $_[0] eq 'HASH') {
160 1         2 shift;
161 1 50       4 if (wantarray) {
162 0         0 my @ret = $run->(undef, undef, @_);
163 0         0 return @ret;
164             }
165 1         3 my $r = $run->(undef, undef, @_);
166 1         20 return $r;
167             } else {
168 5         95 return @_[1..$#_];
169             }
170             }
171 1         16 return my $sv;
172 1         20 });
173             $setup_for_args{$name} = [
174             $flags,
175             sub {
176 7     7   16 my ($usepack, $use, $inpack, $name, $proto, $shift_hashref, $traits) = @_;
177 7         13 my $extra_code = $compile->($name, $proto, $traits);
178 6 50       137 my $main_handler = sub { shift if $shift_hashref;
179 6         18 ("DONE", $run->($name, $proto, @_));
180 7         55 };
181 7         10 my ($name_h, $XX);
182 7 100 66     22 if (defined $proto) {
    100          
183 5         10 $name_h = sub :lvalue { return my $sv; };
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184 5         1604 $XX = $main_handler;
185             } elsif (defined $name && length $name) {
186 1         3 $name_h = $main_handler;
187             }
188 7   50     21 $extra_code ||= '';
189 7         14 $extra_code = '}, sub {'.$extra_code;
190 7         32 return ($name_h, $XX, $extra_code);
191             }
192 1         7 ];
193             }
194 1         3 $class->setup_for($pack, \%setup_for_args);
195             }
196              
197             sub install_declarator {
198 1     1 0 83 my ($class, $target_pack, $target_name, $flags, $filter, $handler) = @_;
199 1         11 $class->setup_declarators($target_pack, {
200             $target_name => {
201             flags => $flags,
202             compile => $filter,
203             run => $handler,
204             }
205             });
206             }
207              
208             sub linestr_callback_rv2cv {
209 17     17 0 35 my ($name, $offset) = @_;
210 17         36 $offset += toke_move_past_token($offset);
211 17         43 my $pack = get_curstash_name();
212 17         28 my $flags = $declarators{$pack}{$name};
213 17         31 my ($found_name, $found_proto);
214 17 100       55 if ($flags & DECLARE_NAME) {
215 14         29 $offset += toke_skipspace($offset);
216 14         29 my $linestr = get_linestr();
217 14 100       42 if (substr($linestr, $offset, 2) eq '::') {
218 11         22 substr($linestr, $offset, 2) = '';
219 11         26 set_linestr($linestr);
220             }
221 14 100       49 if (my $len = toke_scan_word($offset, $flags & DECLARE_PACKAGE)) {
222 11         23 $found_name = substr($linestr, $offset, $len);
223 11         26 $offset += $len;
224             }
225             }
226 17 100       45 if ($flags & DECLARE_PROTO) {
227 12         26 $offset += toke_skipspace($offset);
228 12         22 my $linestr = get_linestr();
229 12 100       30 if (substr($linestr, $offset, 1) eq '(') {
230 9         49 my $length = toke_scan_str($offset);
231 9         35 $found_proto = get_lex_stuff();
232 9         20 clear_lex_stuff();
233 9 100       32 my $replace =
234             ($found_name ? ' ' : '=')
235             .'X'.(' ' x length($found_proto));
236 9         18 $linestr = get_linestr();
237 9         16 substr($linestr, $offset, $length) = $replace;
238 9         26 set_linestr($linestr);
239 9         12 $offset += $length;
240             }
241             }
242 17         58 my @args = ($pack, $name, $pack, $found_name, $found_proto);
243 17         43 $offset += toke_skipspace($offset);
244 17         31 my $linestr = get_linestr();
245 17 50       66 if (substr($linestr, $offset, 1) eq '{') {
246 17         49 my $ret = init_declare(@args);
247 17         30 $offset++;
248 17 50 33     78 if (defined $ret && length $ret) {
249 17         37 substr($linestr, $offset, 0) = $ret;
250 17         1569 set_linestr($linestr);
251             }
252             } else {
253 0         0 init_declare(@args);
254             }
255             #warn "linestr now ${linestr}";
256             }
257              
258             sub linestr_callback_const {
259 17     17 0 40 my ($name, $offset) = @_;
260 17         43 my $pack = get_curstash_name();
261 17         33 my $flags = $declarators{$pack}{$name};
262 17 100       70 if ($flags & DECLARE_NAME) {
263 14         40 $offset += toke_move_past_token($offset);
264 14         30 $offset += toke_skipspace($offset);
265 14 100       65 if (toke_scan_word($offset, $flags & DECLARE_PACKAGE)) {
266 11         24 my $linestr = get_linestr();
267 11         28 substr($linestr, $offset, 0) = '::';
268 11         65 set_linestr($linestr);
269             }
270             }
271             }
272              
273             sub linestr_callback {
274 126     126 0 11077 my $type = shift;
275 126         201 my $name = $_[0];
276 126         337 my $pack = get_curstash_name();
277 126         246 my $handlers = $declarator_handlers{$pack}{$name};
278 126 100       417 if (ref $handlers eq 'CODE') {
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279 34         70 my $meth = "linestr_callback_${type}";
280 34         200 __PACKAGE__->can($meth)->(@_);
281             } elsif (ref $handlers eq 'HASH') {
282 92 100       6718 if ($handlers->{$type}) {
283 76         289 $handlers->{$type}->(@_);
284             }
285             } else {
286 0         0 die "PANIC: unknown thing in handlers for $pack $name: $handlers";
287             }
288             }
289              
290             =head1 NAME
291              
292             Devel::Declare - Adding keywords to perl, in perl
293              
294             =head1 SYNOPSIS
295              
296             use Method::Signatures;
297             # or ...
298             use MooseX::Declare;
299             # etc.
300              
301             # Use some new and exciting syntax like:
302             method hello (Str :$who, Int :$age where { $_ > 0 }) {
303             $self->say("Hello ${who}, I am ${age} years old!");
304             }
305              
306             =head1 DESCRIPTION
307              
308             L can install subroutines called declarators which locally take
309             over Perl's parser, allowing the creation of new syntax.
310              
311             This document describes how to create a simple declarator.
312              
313             =head1 WARNING
314              
315             =for comment mst wrote this warning for MooseX::Declare, and ether adapted it for here:
316              
317             B Devel::Declare is a giant bag of crack
318             originally implemented by mst with the goal of upsetting the perl core
319             developers so much by its very existence that they implemented proper
320             keyword handling in the core.
321              
322             As of perl5 version 14, this goal has been achieved, and modules such
323             as L, L, and L provide
324             mechanisms to mangle perl syntax that don't require hallucinogenic
325             drugs to interpret the error messages they produce.
326              
327             If you are using something that uses Devel::Declare, please for the love
328             of kittens use something else:
329              
330             =over 4
331              
332             =item *
333              
334             Instead of L, use L
335              
336             =item *
337              
338             Instead of L, use
339             L (requires perl 5.22) or L
340              
341             =back
342              
343             =head1 USAGE
344              
345             We'll demonstrate the usage of C with a motivating example: a new
346             C keyword, which acts like the builtin C, but automatically unpacks
347             C<$self> and the other arguments.
348              
349             package My::Methods;
350             use Devel::Declare;
351              
352             =head2 Creating a declarator with C
353              
354             You will typically create
355              
356             sub import {
357             my $class = shift;
358             my $caller = caller;
359              
360             Devel::Declare->setup_for(
361             $caller,
362             { method => { const => \&parser } }
363             );
364             no strict 'refs';
365             *{$caller.'::method'} = sub (&) {};
366             }
367              
368             Starting from the end of this import routine, you'll see that we're creating a
369             subroutine called C in the caller's namespace. Yes, that's just a normal
370             subroutine, and it does nothing at all (yet!) Note the prototype C<(&)> which means
371             that the caller would call it like so:
372              
373             method {
374             my ($self, $arg1, $arg2) = @_;
375             ...
376             }
377              
378             However we want to be able to call it like this
379              
380             method foo ($arg1, $arg2) {
381             ...
382             }
383              
384             That's why we call C above, to register the declarator 'method' with a custom
385             parser, as per the next section. It acts on an optype, usually C<'const'> as above.
386             (Other valid values are C<'check'> and C<'rv2cv'>).
387              
388             For a simpler way to install new methods, see also L
389              
390             =head2 Writing a parser subroutine
391              
392             This subroutine is called at I time, and allows you to read the custom
393             syntaxes that we want (in a syntax that may or may not be valid core Perl 5) and
394             munge it so that the result will be parsed by the C compiler.
395              
396             For this example, we're defining some globals for convenience:
397              
398             our ($Declarator, $Offset);
399              
400             Then we define a parser subroutine to handle our declarator. We'll look at this in
401             a few chunks.
402              
403             sub parser {
404             local ($Declarator, $Offset) = @_;
405              
406             C provides some very low level utility methods to parse character
407             strings. We'll define some useful higher level routines below for convenience,
408             and we can use these to parse the various elements in our new syntax.
409              
410             Notice how our parser subroutine is invoked at compile time,
411             when the C parser is pointed just I the declarator name.
412              
413             skip_declarator; # step past 'method'
414             my $name = strip_name; # strip out the name 'foo', if present
415             my $proto = strip_proto; # strip out the prototype '($arg1, $arg2)', if present
416              
417             Now we can prepare some code to 'inject' into the new subroutine. For example we
418             might want the method as above to have C injected at
419             the beginning of it. We also do some clever stuff with scopes that we'll look
420             at shortly.
421              
422             my $inject = make_proto_unwrap($proto);
423             if (defined $name) {
424             $inject = scope_injector_call().$inject;
425             }
426             inject_if_block($inject);
427              
428             We've now managed to change C into C
429             injected_code; ... }>. This will compile... but we've lost the name of the
430             method!
431              
432             In a cute (or horrifying, depending on your perspective) trick, we temporarily
433             change the definition of the subroutine C itself, to specialise it with
434             the C<$name> we stripped, so that it assigns the code block to that name.
435              
436             Even though the I time C is compiled, it will be
437             redefined again, C caches these definitions in its parse
438             tree, so we'll always get the right one!
439              
440             Note that we also handle the case where there was no name, allowing
441             an anonymous method analogous to an anonymous subroutine.
442              
443             if (defined $name) {
444             $name = join('::', Devel::Declare::get_curstash_name(), $name)
445             unless ($name =~ /::/);
446             shadow(sub (&) { no strict 'refs'; *{$name} = shift; });
447             } else {
448             shadow(sub (&) { shift });
449             }
450             }
451              
452              
453             =head2 Parser utilities in detail
454              
455             For simplicity, we're using global variables like C<$Offset> in these examples.
456             You may prefer to look at L, which
457             encapsulates the context much more cleanly.
458              
459             =head3 C
460              
461             This simple parser just moves across a 'token'. The common case is
462             to skip the declarator, i.e. to move to the end of the string
463             'method' and before the prototype and code block.
464              
465             sub skip_declarator {
466             $Offset += Devel::Declare::toke_move_past_token($Offset);
467             }
468              
469             =head4 C
470              
471             This builtin parser simply moves past a 'token' (matching C)
472             It takes an offset into the source document, and skips past the token.
473             It returns the number of characters skipped.
474              
475             =head3 C
476              
477             This parser skips any whitespace, then scans the next word (again matching a
478             'token'). We can then analyse the current line, and manipulate it (using pure
479             Perl). In this case we take the name of the method out, and return it.
480              
481             sub strip_name {
482             skipspace;
483             if (my $len = Devel::Declare::toke_scan_word($Offset, 1)) {
484             my $linestr = Devel::Declare::get_linestr();
485             my $name = substr($linestr, $Offset, $len);
486             substr($linestr, $Offset, $len) = '';
487             Devel::Declare::set_linestr($linestr);
488             return $name;
489             }
490             return;
491             }
492              
493             =head4 C
494              
495             This builtin parser, given an offset into the source document,
496             matches a 'token' as above but does not skip. It returns the
497             length of the token matched, if any.
498              
499             =head4 C
500              
501             This builtin returns the full text of the current line of the source document.
502              
503             =head4 C
504              
505             This builtin sets the full text of the current line of the source document.
506             Beware that injecting a newline into the middle of the line is likely
507             to fail in surprising ways. Generally, Perl's parser can rely on the
508             `current line' actually being only a single line. Use other kinds of
509             whitespace instead, in the code that you inject.
510              
511             =head3 C
512              
513             This parser skips whitsepace.
514              
515             sub skipspace {
516             $Offset += Devel::Declare::toke_skipspace($Offset);
517             }
518              
519             =head4 C
520              
521             This builtin parser, given an offset into the source document,
522             skips over any whitespace, and returns the number of characters
523             skipped.
524              
525             =head3 C
526              
527             This is a more complex parser that checks if it's found something that
528             starts with C<'('> and returns everything till the matching C<')'>.
529              
530             sub strip_proto {
531             skipspace;
532              
533             my $linestr = Devel::Declare::get_linestr();
534             if (substr($linestr, $Offset, 1) eq '(') {
535             my $length = Devel::Declare::toke_scan_str($Offset);
536             my $proto = Devel::Declare::get_lex_stuff();
537             Devel::Declare::clear_lex_stuff();
538             $linestr = Devel::Declare::get_linestr();
539             substr($linestr, $Offset, $length) = '';
540             Devel::Declare::set_linestr($linestr);
541             return $proto;
542             }
543             return;
544             }
545              
546             =head4 C
547              
548             This builtin parser uses Perl's own parsing routines to match a "stringlike"
549             expression. Handily, this includes bracketed expressions (just think about
550             things like C).
551              
552             Also it Does The Right Thing with nested delimiters (like C).
553              
554             It returns the effective length of the expression matched. Really, what
555             it returns is the difference in position between where the string started,
556             within the buffer, and where it finished. If the string extended across
557             multiple lines then the contents of the buffer may have been completely
558             replaced by the new lines, so this position difference is not the same
559             thing as the actual length of the expression matched. However, because
560             moving backward in the buffer causes problems, the function arranges
561             for the effective length to always be positive, padding the start of
562             the buffer if necessary.
563              
564             Use C to get the actual matched text, the content of
565             the string. Because of the behaviour around multiline strings, you
566             can't reliably get this from the buffer. In fact, after the function
567             returns, you can't rely on any content of the buffer preceding the end
568             of the string.
569              
570             If the string being scanned is not well formed (has no closing delimiter),
571             C returns C. In this case you cannot rely on the
572             contents of the buffer.
573              
574             =head4 C
575              
576             This builtin returns what was matched by C. To avoid segfaults,
577             you should call C immediately afterwards.
578              
579             =head2 Munging the subroutine
580              
581             Let's look at what we need to do in detail.
582              
583             =head3 C
584              
585             We may have defined our method in different ways, which will result
586             in a different value for our prototype, as parsed above. For example:
587              
588             method foo { # undefined
589             method foo () { # ''
590             method foo ($arg1) { # '$arg1'
591              
592             We deal with them as follows, and return the appropriate C
593             string.
594              
595             sub make_proto_unwrap {
596             my ($proto) = @_;
597             my $inject = 'my ($self';
598             if (defined $proto) {
599             $inject .= ", $proto" if length($proto);
600             $inject .= ') = @_; ';
601             } else {
602             $inject .= ') = shift;';
603             }
604             return $inject;
605             }
606              
607             =head3 C
608              
609             Now we need to inject it after the opening C<'{'> of the method body.
610             We can do this with the building blocks we defined above like C
611             and C.
612              
613             sub inject_if_block {
614             my $inject = shift;
615             skipspace;
616             my $linestr = Devel::Declare::get_linestr;
617             if (substr($linestr, $Offset, 1) eq '{') {
618             substr($linestr, $Offset+1, 0) = $inject;
619             Devel::Declare::set_linestr($linestr);
620             }
621             }
622              
623             =head3 C
624              
625             We want to be able to handle both named and anonymous methods. i.e.
626              
627             method foo () { ... }
628             my $meth = method () { ... };
629              
630             These will then get rewritten as
631              
632             method { ... }
633             my $meth = method { ... };
634              
635             where 'method' is a subroutine that takes a code block. Spot the problem?
636             The first one doesn't have a semicolon at the end of it! Unlike 'sub' which
637             is a builtin, this is just a normal statement, so we need to terminate it.
638             Luckily, using C, we can do this!
639              
640             use B::Hooks::EndOfScope;
641              
642             We'll add this to what gets 'injected' at the beginning of the method source.
643              
644             sub scope_injector_call {
645             return ' BEGIN { MethodHandlers::inject_scope }; ';
646             }
647              
648             So at the beginning of every method, we are passing a callback that will get invoked
649             at the I of the method's compilation... i.e. exactly then the closing C<'}'>
650             is compiled.
651              
652             sub inject_scope {
653             on_scope_end {
654             my $linestr = Devel::Declare::get_linestr;
655             my $offset = Devel::Declare::get_linestr_offset;
656             substr($linestr, $offset, 0) = ';';
657             Devel::Declare::set_linestr($linestr);
658             };
659             }
660              
661             =head2 Shadowing each method.
662              
663             =head3 C
664              
665             We override the current definition of 'method' using C.
666              
667             sub shadow {
668             my $pack = Devel::Declare::get_curstash_name;
669             Devel::Declare::shadow_sub("${pack}::${Declarator}", $_[0]);
670             }
671              
672             For a named method we invoked like this:
673              
674             shadow(sub (&) { no strict 'refs'; *{$name} = shift; });
675              
676             So in the case of a C, this call would redefine C
677             to be a subroutine that exports 'sub foo' as the (munged) contents of C<{...}>.
678              
679             The case of an anonymous method is also cute:
680              
681             shadow(sub (&) { shift });
682              
683             This means that
684              
685             my $meth = method () { ... };
686              
687             is rewritten with C taking the codeblock, and returning it as is to become
688             the value of C<$meth>.
689              
690             =head4 C
691              
692             This returns the package name I.
693              
694             =head4 C
695              
696             Handles the details of redefining the subroutine.
697              
698             =head1 SEE ALSO
699              
700             One of the best ways to learn C is still to look at
701             modules that use it:
702              
703             L.
704              
705             =head1 AUTHORS
706              
707             Matt S Trout - Emst@shadowcat.co.ukE - original author
708              
709             Company: http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/
710             Blog: http://chainsawblues.vox.com/
711              
712             Florian Ragwitz Erafl@debian.orgE - maintainer
713              
714             osfameron Eosfameron@cpan.orgE - first draft of documentation
715              
716             =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
717              
718             This library is free software under the same terms as perl itself
719              
720             Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2009 Matt S Trout
721              
722             Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Florian Ragwitz
723              
724             stolen_chunk_of_toke.c based on toke.c from the perl core, which is
725              
726             Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
727             2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, by Larry Wall and others
728              
729             =cut
730              
731             1;