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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 | package constant;
use 5.008;
use strict;
use warnings::register;
our $VERSION = '1.33';
our %declared;
#=======================================================================
# Some names are evil choices.
my %keywords = map +($_, 1), qw{ BEGIN INIT CHECK END DESTROY AUTOLOAD };
$keywords{UNITCHECK}++ if $] > 5.009;
my %forced_into_main = map +($_, 1),
qw{ STDIN STDOUT STDERR ARGV ARGVOUT ENV INC SIG };
my %forbidden = (%keywords, %forced_into_main);
my $normal_constant_name = qr/^_?[^\W_0-9]\w*\z/;
my $tolerable = qr/^[A-Za-z_]\w*\z/;
my $boolean = qr/^[01]?\z/;
BEGIN {
# We'd like to do use constant _CAN_PCS => $] > 5.009002
# but that's a bit tricky before we load the constant module :-)
# By doing this, we save several run time checks for *every* call
# to import.
my $const = $] > 5.009002;
my $downgrade = $] < 5.015004; # && $] >= 5.008
my $constarray = exists &_make_const;
if ($const) {
Internals::SvREADONLY($const, 1);
Internals::SvREADONLY($downgrade, 1);
$constant::{_CAN_PCS} = \$const;
$constant::{_DOWNGRADE} = \$downgrade;
$constant::{_CAN_PCS_FOR_ARRAY} = \$constarray;
}
else {
no strict 'refs';
*{"_CAN_PCS"} = sub () {$const};
*{"_DOWNGRADE"} = sub () { $downgrade };
*{"_CAN_PCS_FOR_ARRAY"} = sub () { $constarray };
}
}
#=======================================================================
# import() - import symbols into user's namespace
#
# What we actually do is define a function in the caller's namespace
# which returns the value. The function we create will normally
# be inlined as a constant, thereby avoiding further sub calling
# overhead.
#=======================================================================
sub import {
my $class = shift;
return unless @_; # Ignore 'use constant;'
my $constants;
my $multiple = ref $_[0];
my $caller = caller;
my $flush_mro;
my $symtab;
if (_CAN_PCS) {
no strict 'refs';
$symtab = \%{$caller . '::'};
};
if ( $multiple ) {
if (ref $_[0] ne 'HASH') {
require Carp;
Carp::croak("Invalid reference type '".ref(shift)."' not 'HASH'");
}
$constants = shift;
} else {
unless (defined $_[0]) {
require Carp;
Carp::croak("Can't use undef as constant name");
}
$constants->{+shift} = undef;
}
foreach my $name ( keys %$constants ) {
my $pkg;
my $symtab = $symtab;
my $orig_name = $name;
if ($name =~ s/(.*)(?:::|')(?=.)//s) {
$pkg = $1;
if (_CAN_PCS && $pkg ne $caller) {
no strict 'refs';
$symtab = \%{$pkg . '::'};
}
}
else {
$pkg = $caller;
}
# Normal constant name
if ($name =~ $normal_constant_name and !$forbidden{$name}) {
# Everything is okay
# Name forced into main, but we're not in main. Fatal.
} elsif ($forced_into_main{$name} and $pkg ne 'main') {
require Carp;
Carp::croak("Constant name '$name' is forced into main::");
# Starts with double underscore. Fatal.
} elsif ($name =~ /^__/) {
require Carp;
Carp::croak("Constant name '$name' begins with '__'");
# Maybe the name is tolerable
} elsif ($name =~ $tolerable) {
# Then we'll warn only if you've asked for warnings
if (warnings::enabled()) {
if ($keywords{$name}) {
warnings::warn("Constant name '$name' is a Perl keyword");
} elsif ($forced_into_main{$name}) {
warnings::warn("Constant name '$name' is " .
"forced into package main::");
}
}
# Looks like a boolean
# use constant FRED == fred;
} elsif ($name =~ $boolean) {
require Carp;
if (@_) {
Carp::croak("Constant name '$name' is invalid");
} else {
Carp::croak("Constant name looks like boolean value");
}
} else {
# Must have bad characters
require Carp;
Carp::croak("Constant name '$name' has invalid characters");
}
{
no strict 'refs';
my $full_name = "${pkg}::$name";
$declared{$full_name}++;
if ($multiple || @_ == 1) {
my $scalar = $multiple ? $constants->{$orig_name} : $_[0];
if (_DOWNGRADE) { # for 5.8 to 5.14
# Work around perl bug #31991: Sub names (actually glob
# names in general) ignore the UTF8 flag. So we have to
# turn it off to get the "right" symbol table entry.
utf8::is_utf8 $name and utf8::encode $name;
}
# The constant serves to optimise this entire block out on
# 5.8 and earlier.
if (_CAN_PCS) {
# Use a reference as a proxy for a constant subroutine.
# If this is not a glob yet, it saves space. If it is
# a glob, we must still create it this way to get the
# right internal flags set, as constants are distinct
# from subroutines created with sub(){...}.
# The check in Perl_ck_rvconst knows that inlinable
# constants from cv_const_sv are read only. So we have to:
Internals::SvREADONLY($scalar, 1);
if (!exists $symtab->{$name}) {
$symtab->{$name} = \$scalar;
++$flush_mro->{$pkg};
}
else {
local $constant::{_dummy} = \$scalar;
*$full_name = \&{"_dummy"};
}
} else {
*$full_name = sub () { $scalar };
}
} elsif (@_) {
my @list = @_;
if (_CAN_PCS_FOR_ARRAY) {
_make_const($list[$_]) for 0..$#list;
_make_const(@list);
if (!exists $symtab->{$name}) {
$symtab->{$name} = \@list;
$flush_mro->{$pkg}++;
}
else {
local $constant::{_dummy} = \@list;
*$full_name = \&{"_dummy"};
}
}
else { *$full_name = sub () { @list }; }
} else {
*$full_name = sub () { };
}
}
}
# Flush the cache exactly once if we make any direct symbol table changes.
if (_CAN_PCS && $flush_mro) {
mro::method_changed_in($_) for keys %$flush_mro;
}
}
1;
__END__
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