NAME

namespace::autoclean - Keep imports out of your namespace

VERSION

version 0.04

SYNOPSIS

    package Foo;
    use namespace::autoclean;
    use Some::Package qw/imported_function/;

    sub bar { imported_function('stuff') }

    # later on:
    Foo->bar;               # works
    Foo->imported_function; # will fail. imported_function got cleaned after compilation

DESCRIPTION

When you import a function into a Perl package, it will naturally also be available as a method.

The namespace::autoclean pragma will remove all imported symbols at the end of the current package's compile cycle. Functions called in the package itself will still be bound by their name, but they won't show up as methods on your class or instances.

This module is very similar to namespace::clean, except it will clean all imported functions, no matter if you imported them before or after you used the pagma. It will also not touch anything that looks like a method, according to Class::MOP::Class::get_method_list.

Sometimes you don't want to clean imports only, but also helper functions you're using in your methods. The -also switch can be used to declare a list of functions that should be removed additional to any imports:

    use namespace::autoclean -also => ['some_function', 'another_function'];

If only one function needs to be additionally cleaned the -also switch also accepts a plain string:

    use namespace::autoclean -also => 'some_function';

AUTHOR

  Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2009 by Florian Ragwitz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.

SEE ALSO

namespace::clean

Class::MOP

B::Hooks::EndOfScope