X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?p=perl%2Fmodules%2Findirect.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=88f2bebc41249c95d5ea200d6b4feb6335888ac2;hp=efc7130ba9c2bf37cc91fa642f84fcc5852ff653;hb=9e1b933a7cdeed368a062f29cfe995d06416b714;hpb=bdaded2ebf07853d6c3270293769ff933b78fcff diff --git a/README b/README index efc7130..88f2beb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME indirect - Lexically warn about using the indirect object syntax. VERSION - Version 0.15 + Version 0.17 SYNOPSIS # In a script @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SYNOPSIS my $z = new Pineapple 'fresh'; # croaks 'You really wanted Pineapple->new at blurp.pm:13' } } + try { ... }; # warns + no indirect ':fatal'; if (defied $foo) { ... } # croaks, note the typo @@ -34,10 +36,9 @@ DESCRIPTION its use is error prone (when "swoosh" isn't defined, "swoosh $x" actually compiles to "$x->swoosh"). - It currently does not warn when the object is enclosed between braces - (like "meth { $obj } @args") or for core functions ("print" or "say"). - This may change in the future, or may be added as optional features that - would be enabled by passing options to "unimport". + It currently does not warn for core functions ("print", "say", "exec" or + "system"). This may change in the future, or may be added as optional + features that would be enabled by passing options to "unimport". This module is not a source filter. @@ -50,19 +51,35 @@ METHODS indirect syntax met. * If the key/value pair "hook => $hook" comes first, $hook will be - called for each error with the object name as $_[0], the method name - as $_[1], the current file as $_[2] and the line number as $_[3]. + called for each error with a string representation of the object as + $_[0], the method name as $_[1], the current file as $_[2] and the + line number as $_[3]. If and only if the object is actually a block, + $_[0] is assured to start by '{'. * Otherwise, a warning will be emitted for each indirect construct. "import" Magically called at each "use indirect". Turns the module off. +FUNCTIONS + "msg $object, $method, $file, $line" + Returns the default error message generated by "indirect" when an + invalid construct is reported. + CONSTANTS "I_THREADSAFE" True iff the module could have been built with thread-safety features enabled. +DIAGNOSTICS + "Indirect call of method "%s" on object "%s" at %s line %d." + The default warning/exception message thrown when an indirect call on an + object is found. + + "Indirect call of method "%s" on a block at %s line %d." + The default warning/exception message thrown when an indirect call on a + block is found. + CAVEATS The implementation was tweaked to work around several limitations of vanilla "perl" pragmas : it's thread safe, and doesn't suffer from a @@ -77,6 +94,9 @@ CAVEATS is due to a shortcoming in the way perl handles the hints hash, which is addressed in perl 5.10. + The search for indirect method calls happens before constant folding. + Hence "my $x = new Class if 0" will be caught. + DEPENDENCIES perl 5.8. @@ -105,6 +125,9 @@ SUPPORT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bram, for motivation and advices. + Andrew Main and Florian Ragwitz, for testing on real-life code and + reporting issues. + COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2008-2009 Vincent Pit, all rights reserved.