NAME

Data::Bind - Bind and alias variables

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use Data::Bind;
# bind simple variables
sub foo {
  my $y = 10;
  my $x;
  bind_op('$x' => $y);
}
# bind for subroutine calls
Data::Bind->sub_signature
  (\&formalize,
   { var => '$title' },
   { var => '&code'},
   { var => '$subtitle', optional => 1 },
   { var => '$case', named_only => 1 },
   { var => '$justify', named_only => 1 });
sub formalize {
  my ($title, $subtitle, $case, $justify);
  Data::Bind->arg_bind(\@_);
}
formalize([\('this is title', sub { "some code" }) ], # positional
          { subtitle => \'hello'} ); #named
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This module implements the semantics for perl6-style variable binding, as well as subroutine call argument passing and binding, in Perl 5.

AUTHORS

Chia-liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006. Chia-liang Kao. All rights reserved.

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

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

SEE ALSO

Sub::Multi

TODO: Add a good reference to Perl6 multiple dispatch here.

TODO: Add a good reference to Perl6 variable binding semantics

AUTHORS

Chia-liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006 by Chia-liang Kao and others.

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

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html