NAME

Attribute::Overload - Attribute that makes overloading easier

SYNOPSIS

use Attribute::Overload;
sub add : Overload(+) { ... }

DESCRIPTION

The Overload attribute, when used on a subroutine, declares that subroutine as handler in the current package for the operation(s) indicated by the attribute options. Thus it frees you from the implementation details of how to declare overloads and keeps the definitions where they belong, with the operation handlers.

For details of which operations can be overloaded and what the overloading function gets passed see the overload manpage.

Note that you can't overload constants this way, since this has to happen during BEGIN time, but attributes are only evaluated at CHECK time (at least as far as Attribute::Handlers is concerned).

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-attribute-overload@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

INSTALLATION

See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules.

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a CPAN site near you. Or see <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/M/MA/MARCEL/>.

AUTHOR

Marcel Grünauer, <marcel@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2001-2007 by Marcel Grünauer

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