Keyword::Pluggable - define new keywords in pure Perl
package Some::Module;
use Keyword::Pluggable;
sub import {
# create keyword 'provided', expand it to 'if' at parse time
Keyword::Pluggable::define
keyword => 'provided',
package => scalar(caller),
code => 'if',
;
}
sub unimport {
# disable keyword again
Keyword::Pluggable::undefine keyword => 'provided', package => scalar(caller);
}
'ok'
Warning: This module is still new and experimental. The API may change in
future versions. The code may be buggy. Also, this module is a fork from
Keyword::Simple
, that somehow got stalled. If its author accepts pull
requests, then it will probably be best to use it instead.
This module lets you implement new keywords in pure Perl. To do this, you need
to write a module and call
Keyword::Pluggable::define
in your import
method. Any keywords defined this way will be available in the scope
that's currently being compiled. The scope can be lexical, packaged, and global.
-
Keyword::Pluggable::define %options
-
keyword
The keyword is injected in the scope currently being compiled
-
code (string or coderef)
For every occurrence of the keyword, your coderef will be called and its result will be injected into perl's parse buffer, so perl will continue parsing as if its contents had been the real source code in the first place. First paramater to the eventual coderef will be all code textref following the keyword to be replaced, if examination and change is needed.
-
expression
Boolean flag; if true then the perl parser will treat new code as expression, otherwise as a statement
-
global
Boolean flag; if set, then the scope is global, otherwise it is lexical or packaged
-
package
If set, the scope will be limited to that package, otherwise it will be lexical
-
-
Keyword::Pluggable::undefine %options
Allows options:
keyword
,global
,package
(see above).Disables the keyword in the given scope. You can call this from your
unimport
method to make theno Foo;
syntax work.
This module depends on the pluggable keyword
API introduced in perl 5.12. parse_
functions were introduced in 5.14.
Older versions of perl are not supported.
Every new keyword is actually a complete statement or an expression by itself. The parsing magic only happens afterwards. This means that e.g. the code in the "SYNOPSIS" actually does this:
provided ($foo > 2) {
...
}
# expands to
; if
($foo > 2) {
...
}
The ;
represents a no-op statement, the if
was injected by the Perl code,
and the rest of the file is unchanged. This also means your it can
only occur at the beginning of a statement, not embedded in an expression.
To be able to do that, use expression => 1
flag.
Keywords in the replacement part of a s//.../e
substitution aren't handled
correctly and break parsing.
There are barely any tests.
Lukas Mai, <l.mai at web.de>
Dmitry Karasik , <dmitry at karasik.eu.org>
Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Lukas Mai. Copyright (C) 2018 Dmitry Karasik
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.