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Sub-Protected-0.03

Changes for version 0.03 - 2026-10-05

  • Bug Fixes
    • Subs were left unprotected when Sub::Protected and the package using it were loaded at run time (require, plugin loader, string eval), and Perl warned "Too late to run CHECK block". Both the :Protected attribute and the declarative form are now wrapped after CHECK (needs Perl 5.14 or later)
    • import() no longer clears the caller's $@
    • A plain list passed to import() is always a list of names: qw(subs _x) used to protect only _x. A single arrayref or { subs => [...] } is still accepted
    • The minimum Perl is now correctly declared as 5.10: the module already used //, so it never ran on 5.8
  • Enhancements
    • Warn when another module has already defined UNIVERSAL::Protected
  • Documentation
    • Documented how access is decided (immediate caller, subclasses, SUPER:: and can(), caller() transparency, croak location)
    • import(): documented the arrayref and hashref argument forms and added a FORMAL SPECIFICATION
    • Clarified thread safety
  • Testing
    • Added t/runtime_load.t
    • Rewrote t/unit.t around a ledger of documented messages and return states, with global-state checks
    • Added author tests in xt/ (POD, POD coverage, Changes, version)
    • Test::Mockingbird is now optional (it needs Perl 5.16.3); tests that use it skip without it
    • CI also runs on Perl 5.10 and 5.14
  • Dependencies
    • Added B::Hooks::EndOfScope and Sub::Identify
    • Removed autodie (unused; it pulled in IPC::System::Simple at run time), Scalar::Util and Test::Exception
    • Licence metadata is now gpl_2, matching LICENSE

Documentation

README.md

Modules

Sub::Protected
Enforce protected subroutine access (Java/C++ semantics)

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