}
my $tc;
- $args{constraint} = Sub::Name::subname('_load' => sub {
- $tc->load(@_);
+ $args{constraint} = Sub::Name::subname('_constraint' => sub {
+ my ($thing) = @_;
+
+ # Remember that when ->check is called inside coerce, a return value of 0
+ # means that coercion should take place, while 1 signifies that the value is
+ # already OK.
+
+ # First, try a possible user defined constraint
+ my $user = $tc->user_constraint;
+ if (defined $user) {
+ my $ok = $user->($thing);
+ return 1 if $ok;
+ }
+
+ # Then, it's valid if and only if it passes the parent type constraint
+ return $tc->parent->check($thing);
});
$tc = $class->$orig(%args);
};
-=head2 C<load>
-
-=cut
-
-sub load {
- my ($tc, $thing) = @_;
-
- # When ->check is called inside coerce, a return value of 0 means that
- # coercion should take place, while 1 signifies that the value is already
- # OK.
-
- # First, try a possible user defined constraint
- my $user = $tc->user_constraint;
- if (defined $user) {
- my $ok = $user->($thing);
- return 1 if $ok;
- }
-
- # Then, try the parent constraint
- return 1 if $tc->parent->check($thing);
-
- # If $thing isn't even an object, don't bother trying to coerce it
- my $class = blessed($thing);
- return 0 unless defined $class;
-
- # Find the file to autoload
- my $mapper = $tc->mapper;
- my $pm = $class = $tc->$mapper($class);
- $pm =~ s{::}{/}g;
- $pm .= '.pm';
- return 0 if $INC{$pm}; # already loaded
-
- local $@;
- eval {
- # We die often here, even though we're not really interested in the error.
- # However, if a die handler is set (e.g. to \&Carp::confess), this can get
- # very slow. Resetting the handler shows a 10% total time improvement for the
- # geodyn app.
- local $SIG{__DIE__};
- require $pm;
- };
-
- return 0;
-}
-
around 'coerce' => sub {
my ($orig, $tc, $thing) = @_;
# The original coerce gets an hold onto the type coercions *before* calling
# the constraint. Thus, we have to force the loading before recalling into
- # $orig. This is achieved by calling ->load.
- return $thing if $tc->load($thing);
+ # $orig.
+
+ # First, check whether $thing is already of the right kind.
+ return $thing if $tc->check($thing);
+
+ # If $thing isn't even an object, don't bother trying to autoload a coercion
+ my $class = blessed($thing);
+ if (defined $class) {
+ # Find the file to autoload
+ my $mapper = $tc->mapper;
+ my $pm = $class = $tc->$mapper($class);
+ $pm =~ s{::}{/}g;
+ $pm .= '.pm';
+
+ unless ($INC{$pm}) { # Not loaded yet
+ local $@;
+ eval {
+ # We die often here, even though we're not really interested in the error.
+ # However, if a die handler is set (e.g. to \&Carp::confess), this can get
+ # very slow. Resetting the handler shows a 10% total time improvement for
+ # the geodyn app.
+ local $SIG{__DIE__};
+ require $pm;
+ };
+ }
+ }
$tc->$orig($thing);
};