X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?p=perl%2Fmodules%2Findirect.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=a254d34e5faf457aba026e38de3c7627ef58446a;hp=29e4f47580db0dada5efad785a2f15e77ca98493;hb=cf5208b77c6c9660f094662cc0f6d146f8b73121;hpb=554466eac93eb0abec78e190fe175b03eec782f2 diff --git a/README b/README index 29e4f47..a254d34 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME indirect - Lexically warn about using the indirect object syntax. VERSION - Version 0.14 + Version 0.19 SYNOPSIS # In a script @@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ SYNOPSIS use indirect; my $y = new Pear; # ok { - no indirect hook => sub { die "You really wanted $_[0]\->$_[1]" }; - my $z = new Pineapple 'fresh'; # croaks 'You really wanted Pineapple->new' + no indirect hook => sub { die "You really wanted $_[0]\->$_[1] at $_[2]:$_[3]" }; + 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. @@ -50,17 +51,52 @@ 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 when thread-safety features. + True iff the module could have been built with thread-safety features + enabled. + + "I_FORKSAFE" + True iff this module could have been built with fork-safety features + enabled. This will always be true except on Windows where it's false for + perl 5.10.0 and below . + +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. + +ENVIRONMENT + "PERL_INDIRECT_PM_DISABLE" + If this environment variable is set to true when the pragma is used for + the first time, the XS code won't be loaded and, although the 'indirect' + lexical hint will be set to true in the scope of use, the pragma itself + won't do anything. In this case, the pragma will always be considered to + be thread-safe, and as such "I_THREADSAFE" will be true. This is useful + for disabling "indirect" in production environments. + + Note that clearing this variable after "indirect" was loaded has no + effect. If you want to reenable the pragma later, you also need to + reload it by deleting the 'indirect.pm' entry from %INC. CAVEATS The implementation was tweaked to work around several limitations of @@ -76,6 +112,9 @@ 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. @@ -104,6 +143,9 @@ 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.