Method::Signatures::Simple - Basic method declarations with signatures, without source filters
Version 0.03
use Method::Signatures::Simple;
method foo { $self->bar }
# with signature
method foo($bar, %opts) {
$self->bar(reverse $bar) if $opts{rev};
}
# attributes
method foo : lvalue { $self->{foo} }
# change invocant name
method foo ($class: $bar) { $class->bar($bar) }
This module provides a basic method keyword with simple signatures. It's intentionally simple, and is supposed to be a stepping stone for its bigger brothers MooseX::Method::Signatures and Method::Signatures. It only has a small benefit over regular subs, so if you want more features, look at those modules. But if you're looking for a small amount of syntactic sugar, this might just be enough.
The method keyword automatically injects the annoying my $self = shift; for you. You can rename the invocant with the first argument, followed by a colon:
method ($this:) {}
method ($this: $that) {}
The signature ($sig) is transformed into "my ($sig) = \@_;". That way, we mimic perl's usual argument handling.
method foo ($bar, $baz, %opts) {
# becomes
sub foo {
my $self = shift;
my ($bar, $baz, %opts) = @_;
Rhesa Rozendaal, <rhesa at cpan.org>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-method-signatures-simple at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Method-Signatures-Simple. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Method::Signatures::Simple
You can also look for information at:
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Method-Signatures-Simple
For writing Devel::Declare and providing the core concepts.
For writing Method::Signatures and publishing about it. This is what got my attention.
For helping me abstracting the Devel::Declare bits and suggesting improvements.
Devel::Declare, Method::Signatures, MooseX::Method::Signatures.
Copyright 2008 Rhesa Rozendaal, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
