List::Objects::WithUtils::Autobox - Native data types WithUtils
use List::Objects::WithUtils 'autobox'; my @upper = [ qw/foo bar baz/ ]->map(sub { uc $_[0] })->all; my @sorted_keys = { foo => 'bar', baz => 'quux' }->keys->sort->all; # See List::Objects::WithUtils::Role::Array # and List::Objects::WithUtils::Role::Hash
This module is a subclass of autobox that provides List::Objects::WithUtils methods for native ARRAY and HASH types; you can treat native Perl list references as if they were List::Objects::WithUtils::Array or List::Objects::WithUtils::Hash instances.
Like autobox, the effect is lexical in scope:
use List::Objects::WithUtils::Autobox; my $foo = [3,2,1]->sort; no List::Objects::WithUtils::Autobox; [3,2,1]->sort; # dies
It's worth noting that methods that create new lists will return blessed objects, not native data types. This lets you continue passing result collections around to other pieces of Perl that wouldn't otherwise know how to call the autoboxed methods. (Some methods do return the object they were originally operating on, in which case the original reference is indeed returned, as expected.)
Jon Portnoy <avenj@cobaltirc.org>
To install List::Objects::WithUtils, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm List::Objects::WithUtils
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install List::Objects::WithUtils
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.