Edit File: AutoLoader.pm
package AutoLoader; use strict; use 5.006_001; our($VERSION, $AUTOLOAD); my $is_dosish; my $is_epoc; my $is_vms; my $is_macos; BEGIN { $is_dosish = $^O eq 'dos' || $^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'NetWare'; $is_epoc = $^O eq 'epoc'; $is_vms = $^O eq 'VMS'; $is_macos = $^O eq 'MacOS'; $VERSION = '5.72'; } AUTOLOAD { my $sub = $AUTOLOAD; my $filename = AutoLoader::find_filename( $sub ); my $save = $@; local $!; # Do not munge the value. eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require $filename }; if ($@) { if (substr($sub,-9) eq '::DESTROY') { no strict 'refs'; *$sub = sub {}; $@ = undef; } elsif ($@ =~ /^Can't locate/) { # The load might just have failed because the filename was too # long for some old SVR3 systems which treat long names as errors. # If we can successfully truncate a long name then it's worth a go. # There is a slight risk that we could pick up the wrong file here # but autosplit should have warned about that when splitting. if ($filename =~ s/(\w{12,})\.al$/substr($1,0,11).".al"/e){ eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require $filename }; } } if ($@){ $@ =~ s/ at .*\n//; my $error = $@; require Carp; Carp::croak($error); } } $@ = $save; goto &$sub; } sub find_filename { my $sub = shift; my $filename; # Braces used to preserve $1 et al. { # Try to find the autoloaded file from the package-qualified # name of the sub. e.g., if the sub needed is # Getopt::Long::GetOptions(), then $INC{Getopt/Long.pm} is # something like '/usr/lib/perl5/Getopt/Long.pm', and the # autoload file is '/usr/lib/perl5/auto/Getopt/Long/GetOptions.al'. # # However, if @INC is a relative path, this might not work. If, # for example, @INC = ('lib'), then $INC{Getopt/Long.pm} is # 'lib/Getopt/Long.pm', and we want to require # 'auto/Getopt/Long/GetOptions.al' (without the leading 'lib'). # In this case, we simple prepend the 'auto/' and let the # C<require> take care of the searching for us. my ($pkg,$func) = ($sub =~ /(.*)::([^:]+)$/); $pkg =~ s#::#/#g; if (defined($filename = $INC{"$pkg.pm"})) { if ($is_macos) { $pkg =~ tr#/#:#; $filename = undef unless $filename =~ s#^(.*)$pkg\.pm\z#$1auto:$pkg:$func.al#s; } else { $filename = undef unless $filename =~ s#^(.*)$pkg\.pm\z#$1auto/$pkg/$func.al#s; } # if the file exists, then make sure that it is a # a fully anchored path (i.e either '/usr/lib/auto/foo/bar.al', # or './lib/auto/foo/bar.al'. This avoids C<require> searching # (and failing) to find the 'lib/auto/foo/bar.al' because it # looked for 'lib/lib/auto/foo/bar.al', given @INC = ('lib'). if (defined $filename and -r $filename) { unless ($filename =~ m|^/|s) { if ($is_dosish) { unless ($filename =~ m{^([a-z]:)?[\\/]}is) { if ($^O ne 'NetWare') { $filename = "./$filename"; } else { $filename = "$filename"; } } } elsif ($is_epoc) { unless ($filename =~ m{^([a-z?]:)?[\\/]}is) { $filename = "./$filename"; } } elsif ($is_vms) { # XXX todo by VMSmiths $filename = "./$filename"; } elsif (!$is_macos) { $filename = "./$filename"; } } } else { $filename = undef; } } unless (defined $filename) { # let C<require> do the searching $filename = "auto/$sub.al"; $filename =~ s#::#/#g; } } return $filename; } sub import { my $pkg = shift; my $callpkg = caller; # # Export symbols, but not by accident of inheritance. # if ($pkg eq 'AutoLoader') { if ( @_ and $_[0] =~ /^&?AUTOLOAD$/ ) { no strict 'refs'; *{ $callpkg . '::AUTOLOAD' } = \&AUTOLOAD; } } # # Try to find the autosplit index file. Eg., if the call package # is POSIX, then $INC{POSIX.pm} is something like # '/usr/local/lib/perl5/POSIX.pm', and the autosplit index file is in # '/usr/local/lib/perl5/auto/POSIX/autosplit.ix', so we require that. # # However, if @INC is a relative path, this might not work. If, # for example, @INC = ('lib'), then # $INC{POSIX.pm} is 'lib/POSIX.pm', and we want to require # 'auto/POSIX/autosplit.ix' (without the leading 'lib'). # (my $calldir = $callpkg) =~ s#::#/#g; my $path = $INC{$calldir . '.pm'}; if (defined($path)) { # Try absolute path name, but only eval it if the # transformation from module path to autosplit.ix path # succeeded! my $replaced_okay; if ($is_macos) { (my $malldir = $calldir) =~ tr#/#:#; $replaced_okay = ($path =~ s#^(.*)$malldir\.pm\z#$1auto:$malldir:autosplit.ix#s); } else { $replaced_okay = ($path =~ s#^(.*)$calldir\.pm\z#$1auto/$calldir/autosplit.ix#); } eval { require $path; } if $replaced_okay; # If that failed, try relative path with normal @INC searching. if (!$replaced_okay or $@) { $path ="auto/$calldir/autosplit.ix"; eval { require $path; }; } if ($@) { my $error = $@; require Carp; Carp::carp($error); } } } sub unimport { my $callpkg = caller; no strict 'refs'; for my $exported (qw( AUTOLOAD )) { my $symname = $callpkg . '::' . $exported; undef *{ $symname } if \&{ $symname } == \&{ $exported }; *{ $symname } = \&{ $symname }; } } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand =head1 SYNOPSIS package Foo; use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD'; # import the default AUTOLOAD subroutine package Bar; use AutoLoader; # don't import AUTOLOAD, define our own sub AUTOLOAD { ... $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = "..."; goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD; } =head1 DESCRIPTION The B<AutoLoader> module works with the B<AutoSplit> module and the C<__END__> token to defer the loading of some subroutines until they are used rather than loading them all at once. To use B<AutoLoader>, the author of a module has to place the definitions of subroutines to be autoloaded after an C<__END__> token. (See L<perldata>.) The B<AutoSplit> module can then be run manually to extract the definitions into individual files F<auto/funcname.al>. B<AutoLoader> implements an AUTOLOAD subroutine. When an undefined subroutine in is called in a client module of B<AutoLoader>, B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD subroutine attempts to locate the subroutine in a file with a name related to the location of the file from which the client module was read. As an example, if F<POSIX.pm> is located in F</usr/local/lib/perl5/POSIX.pm>, B<AutoLoader> will look for perl subroutines B<POSIX> in F</usr/local/lib/perl5/auto/POSIX/*.al>, where the C<.al> file has the same name as the subroutine, sans package. If such a file exists, AUTOLOAD will read and evaluate it, thus (presumably) defining the needed subroutine. AUTOLOAD will then C<goto> the newly defined subroutine. Once this process completes for a given function, it is defined, so future calls to the subroutine will bypass the AUTOLOAD mechanism. =head2 Subroutine Stubs In order for object method lookup and/or prototype checking to operate correctly even when methods have not yet been defined it is necessary to "forward declare" each subroutine (as in C<sub NAME;>). See L<perlsub/"SYNOPSIS">. Such forward declaration creates "subroutine stubs", which are place holders with no code. The AutoSplit and B<AutoLoader> modules automate the creation of forward declarations. The AutoSplit module creates an 'index' file containing forward declarations of all the AutoSplit subroutines. When the AutoLoader module is 'use'd it loads these declarations into its callers package. Because of this mechanism it is important that B<AutoLoader> is always C<use>d and not C<require>d. =head2 Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine In order to use B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD subroutine you I<must> explicitly import it: use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD'; =head2 Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine Some modules, mainly extensions, provide their own AUTOLOAD subroutines. They typically need to check for some special cases (such as constants) and then fallback to B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD for the rest. Such modules should I<not> import B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD subroutine. Instead, they should define their own AUTOLOAD subroutines along these lines: use AutoLoader; use Carp; sub AUTOLOAD { my $sub = $AUTOLOAD; (my $constname = $sub) =~ s/.*:://; my $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0); if ($! != 0) { if ($! =~ /Invalid/ || $!{EINVAL}) { $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $sub; goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD; } else { croak "Your vendor has not defined constant $constname"; } } *$sub = sub { $val }; # same as: eval "sub $sub { $val }"; goto &$sub; } If any module's own AUTOLOAD subroutine has no need to fallback to the AutoLoader's AUTOLOAD subroutine (because it doesn't have any AutoSplit subroutines), then that module should not use B<AutoLoader> at all. =head2 Package Lexicals Package lexicals declared with C<my> in the main block of a package using B<AutoLoader> will not be visible to auto-loaded subroutines, due to the fact that the given scope ends at the C<__END__> marker. A module using such variables as package globals will not work properly under the B<AutoLoader>. The C<vars> pragma (see L<perlmod/"vars">) may be used in such situations as an alternative to explicitly qualifying all globals with the package namespace. Variables pre-declared with this pragma will be visible to any autoloaded routines (but will not be invisible outside the package, unfortunately). =head2 Not Using AutoLoader You can stop using AutoLoader by simply no AutoLoader; =head2 B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader> The B<AutoLoader> is similar in purpose to B<SelfLoader>: both delay the loading of subroutines. B<SelfLoader> uses the C<__DATA__> marker rather than C<__END__>. While this avoids the use of a hierarchy of disk files and the associated open/close for each routine loaded, B<SelfLoader> suffers a startup speed disadvantage in the one-time parsing of the lines after C<__DATA__>, after which routines are cached. B<SelfLoader> can also handle multiple packages in a file. B<AutoLoader> only reads code as it is requested, and in many cases should be faster, but requires a mechanism like B<AutoSplit> be used to create the individual files. L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> will invoke B<AutoSplit> automatically if B<AutoLoader> is used in a module source file. =head1 CAVEATS AutoLoaders prior to Perl 5.002 had a slightly different interface. Any old modules which use B<AutoLoader> should be changed to the new calling style. Typically this just means changing a require to a use, adding the explicit C<'AUTOLOAD'> import if needed, and removing B<AutoLoader> from C<@ISA>. On systems with restrictions on file name length, the file corresponding to a subroutine may have a shorter name that the routine itself. This can lead to conflicting file names. The I<AutoSplit> package warns of these potential conflicts when used to split a module. AutoLoader may fail to find the autosplit files (or even find the wrong ones) in cases where C<@INC> contains relative paths, B<and> the program does C<chdir>. =head1 SEE ALSO L<SelfLoader> - an autoloader that doesn't use external files. =head1 AUTHOR C<AutoLoader> is maintained by the perl5-porters. Please direct any questions to the canonical mailing list. Anything that is applicable to the CPAN release can be sent to its maintainer, though. Author and Maintainer: The Perl5-Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org> Maintainer of the CPAN release: Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org> =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This package has been part of the perl core since the first release of perl5. It has been released separately to CPAN so older installations can benefit from bug fixes. This package has the same copyright and license as the perl core: Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 by Larry Wall and others All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details. You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one. 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