X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?p=perl%2Fmodules%2Findirect.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Findirect.pm;h=239773f9a6d7b65c66394f290151786db027ef06;hp=1b39ca5574c496e94dea84ace1f72c3eb0a62121;hb=e3cc63669e7d84f338348281f313709bae0be8af;hpb=ff3c9826e97293d24f37e6c9ab6656f5803b4cd6 diff --git a/lib/indirect.pm b/lib/indirect.pm index 1b39ca5..239773f 100644 --- a/lib/indirect.pm +++ b/lib/indirect.pm @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ package indirect; -use 5.008; +use 5.008001; use strict; use warnings; @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ indirect - Lexically warn about using the indirect object syntax. =head1 VERSION -Version 0.15 +Version 0.21 =cut our $VERSION; BEGIN { - $VERSION = '0.15'; + $VERSION = '0.21'; } =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ BEGIN { =head1 DESCRIPTION When enabled (or disabled as some may prefer to say, since you actually turn it on by calling C), this pragma warns about indirect object syntax constructs that may have slipped into your code. + This syntax is now considered harmful, since its parsing has many quirks and its use is error prone (when C isn't defined, C actually compiles to C<< $x->swoosh >>). +In L, Matt S. Trout gives an example of an indirect construct that can cause a particularly bewildering error. It currently does not warn for core functions (C, C, C or C). This may change in the future, or may be added as optional features that would be enabled by passing options to C. @@ -58,8 +60,14 @@ This module is B a source filter. =cut BEGIN { - require XSLoader; - XSLoader::load(__PACKAGE__, $VERSION); + if ($ENV{PERL_INDIRECT_PM_DISABLE}) { + *_tag = sub ($) { 1 }; + *I_THREADSAFE = sub () { 1 }; + *I_FORKSAFE = sub () { 1 }; + } else { + require XSLoader; + XSLoader::load(__PACKAGE__, $VERSION); + } } =head1 METHODS @@ -143,6 +151,32 @@ sub msg { True iff the module could have been built with thread-safety features enabled. +=head2 C + +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 . + +=head1 DIAGNOSTICS + +=head2 C + +The default warning/exception message thrown when an indirect call on an object is found. + +=head2 C + +The default warning/exception message thrown when an indirect call on a block is found. + +=head1 ENVIRONMENT + +=head2 C + +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 C<'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 L will be true. +This is useful for disabling C in production environments. + +Note that clearing this variable after C was loaded has no effect. +If you want to reenable the pragma later, you also need to reload it by deleting the C<'indirect.pm'> entry from C<%INC>. + =head1 CAVEATS The implementation was tweaked to work around several limitations of vanilla C pragmas : it's thread safe, and doesn't suffer from a C bug that causes all pragmas to propagate into Cd scopes. @@ -152,9 +186,12 @@ C (no semicolon) at the end of a file won't be seen as an indirect ob With 5.8 perls, the pragma does not propagate into C. This 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 C will be caught. + =head1 DEPENDENCIES -L 5.8. +L 5.8.1. L (standard since perl 5.006). @@ -181,9 +218,11 @@ Tests code coverage report is available at L