NAME
Sub::Quote - efficient generation of subroutines via string eval
SYNOPSIS
package Silly;
use Sub::Quote qw(quote_sub unquote_sub quoted_from_sub);
quote_sub 'Silly::kitty', q{ print "meow" };
quote_sub 'Silly::doggy', q{ print "woof" };
my $sound; $$sound = 0;
quote_sub 'Silly::dagron',
q{ print ++$$sound % 2 ? 'burninate' : 'roar' },
{ '$sound' => \$sound };
And elsewhere:
Silly->kitty; # meow
Silly->doggy; # woof
Silly->dagron; # burninate
Silly->dagron; # roar
Silly->dagron; # burninate
DESCRIPTION
This package provides performant ways to generate subroutines from strings.
SUBROUTINES
quote_sub
my $coderef = quote_sub 'Foo:bar', q{ print $x++ . "\n" }, { '$x' => \0 };
Arguments: ?$name, $code, ?\%captures, ?\%options
$name
is the subroutine where the coderef will be installed.
$code
is a string that will be turned into code.
\%captures
is a hashref of variables that will be made available to the code. See the "SYNOPSIS"'s Silly::dagron
for an example using captures.
options
no_install
Boolean. Set this option to not install the generated coderef into the passed subroutine name on undefer.
unquote_sub
my $coderef = unquote_sub $sub;
Forcibly replace subroutine with actual code. Note that for performance reasons all quoted subs declared so far will be globally unquoted/parsed in a single eval. This means that if you have a syntax error in one of your quoted subs you may find out when some other sub is unquoted.
If $sub is not a quoted sub, this is a no-op.
quoted_from_sub
my $data = quoted_from_sub $sub;
my ($name, $code, $captures, $compiled_sub) = @$data;
Returns original arguments to quote_sub, plus the compiled version if this sub has already been unquoted.
Note that $sub can be either the original quoted version or the compiled version for convenience.
inlinify
my $prelude = capture_unroll {
'$x' => 1,
'$y' => 2,
};
my $inlined_code = inlinify q{
my ($x, $y) = @_;
print $x + $y . "\n";
}, '$x, $y', $prelude;
Takes a string of code, a string of arguments, a string of code which acts as a "prelude", and a Boolean representing whether or not to localize the arguments.
capture_unroll
my $prelude = capture_unroll {
'$x' => 1,
'$y' => 2,
};
Generates a snippet of code which is suitable to be used as a prelude for "inlinify". The keys are the names of the variables and the values are (duh) the values. Note that references work as values.