NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Preload - Preload modules on some condition

VERSION

This document describes version 0.01 of Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Preload (from Perl distribution Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Preload), released on 2015-03-24.

SYNOPSIS

In dist.ini:

[Preload]

In lib/MyMain.pm:

package MyMain;
use constant PRELOAD_MODULES => $ENV{PRELOAD};

In lib/MyOther.pm:

use MyMain;

# INSERT_PRELOADS: MyMain::PRELOAD_MODULES

sub foo {
    require Data::Dump; # PRELOAD
    ...
}

sub bar {
    require Text::ANSITable; # PRELOAD
    ...
}

...

After build, lib/MyOther.pm will become:

use MyMain;
if (MyMain::PRELOAD_MODULES) { require Data::Dump; require Text::ANSITable; } # INSERT_PRELOADS: MyMain::PRELOAD_MODULES

sub foo {
    unless (MyMain::PRELOAD_MODULES) { require Data::Dump } # PRELOAD
    ...
}

sub bar {
    unless (MyMain::PRELOAD_MODULES) { require Text::ANSITable } # PRELOAD
    ...
}

...

DESCRIPTION

This plugin is a Dist::Zilla-based alternative to preload, please read the rationale of that module first.

First, this plugin will search # PRELOAD directives in a script/module file. The line must be in the form of:

require SomeModule; # PRELOAD

Then, this plugin will search for # INSERT_PRELOADS: condition directive. The directive must exist if there are # PRELOAD directives in the same file. condition is a Perl expression that should determine whether modules should be preloaded. To allow Perl to optimize things away, the expression should be a constant, like in the example above.

This plugin will replace this line:

# INSERT_PRELOADS: condition

to this:

if (condition) { require SomeModule; require AnotherModule; ... } # INSERT_PRELOADS: condition

where each module mentioned in # PRELOAD lines will be put in.

Finally, the # PRELOAD lines will also be changed, from:

require SomeModule; # PRELOAD

to:

unless (condition) { require SomeModule } # PRELOAD

The final effect is, if preloading is turned on, then modules will be loaded by the # INSERT_PRELOADS line and the # PRELOAD lines will become no-ops. On the other hand if preloading is turned off, # INSERT_PRELOADS line will become a no-op while # PRELOAD lines will load the modules as usual.

SEE ALSO

preload

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Preload.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Preload.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Preload

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Preload

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Preload