NAME

Constant::Runtime - Generates constants at runtime

SYNOPSIS

use Constant::Runtime;

Constant::Runtime->make ("Foo",42);

print Foo();

Constant::Runtime->make ("Foo::Bar",42);

print Foo::Bar();

my $constant = Constant::Runtime->make_anon (42);

print eval "$constant";

DESCRIPTION

This module was born as a tool to generate constants for optimizing runtime code evaluation for MooseX::Method. Feel free to use it for whatever you can imagine though.

METHODS

make ($constant_name,$value)

Constant::Runtime->make ("Foo",42);

This will make a constant in the calling class by the name "Foo".

Constant::Runtime->make ("Someclass::Constant",42)

This will make a constant in the specified class by the name "Foo".

make_anon ($value)

my $anonymous_constant = Constant::Runtime->make_anon (42);

Used for generating an anonymous constant. Technically, the constant will have a name, you just won't care about what it is, only that you can use it.

BUGS

Most software has bugs. This module probably isn't an exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT.

AUTHOR

Anders Nor Berle <debolaz@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2007 by Anders Nor Berle.

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