self - provides '$self' in OO code.
This document describes self version 0.30.
package MyModule; use self; # Write constructor as usual sub new { return bless({}, shift); } # '$self' is special now. sub foo { $self->{foo} } # '@args' too sub set { my ($foo, $bar) = @args; $self->{foo} = $foo; $self->{bar} = $bar; }
This module adds $self and @args variables in your code. So you don't need to say:
$self
@args
my $self = shift;
The provided $self and @args are lexicals in your sub, and it's always the same as saying:
my ($self, @args) = @_;
... in the first line of sub.
However it is not source filtering, but compile-time code injection. For more info about code injection, see B::Hooks::Parser.
It also exports a self and a args functions. Basically self is just equal to $_[0], and args is just $_[1..$#_].
self
args
$_[0]
$_[1..$#_]
For convienence (and backward compatibility), these two functions are exported by default. If you don't want them to be exported, you need to say:
use self ();
Since self.pm uses Sub::Exporter, the exported <self> funciton can be renamed:
use self self => { -as => 'this' };
For more information, see Sub::Exporter.
It is recommended to use variables instead, because it's much much faster. There's a benchmark program under "example" directory compare them: Here's one example run:
> perl -Ilib examples/benchmark.pl Rate self $self self 46598/s -- -92% $self 568182/s 1119% --
Return the current object.
Return the argument list.
self.pm requires no configuration files or environment variables.
B::OPCheck, B::Hooks::Parser, Sub::Exporter
B::OPCheck
B::Hooks::Parser
Sub::Exporter
None reported.
In some cases, $self and @args may failed to be injected.
If you're using 0.30, please ensure that your sub declaration has its '{' at the same line like this:
sub foo { }
Also it's ok to have the entire sub in one line:
Please upgrade to 0.31 if you prefer this style of code:
sub foo { $self; }
Extra spaces around sub declarations are handled as much as possible, if you found any cases that it failed to work, please send me bug reports with your test cases.
It does not work on methods generated in runtime. Remember, it's a compile-time code injection. For those cases, use self function instead.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-self@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
bug-self@rt.cpan.org
Kang-min Liu <gugod@gugod.org>
<gugod@gugod.org>
Copyright (c) 2021 Kang-min Liu <gugod@gugod.org>.
This is free software, licensed under:
The MIT (X11) License
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To install self, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm self
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install self
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.