NAME

self - provides '$self' in OO code.

VERSION

This document describes self version 0.30.

SYNOPSIS

    package MyModule;
    use self;

    # Write constructor as usual
    sub new {
        return bless({}, shift);
    }

    # '$self' is special now.
    sub foo {
        $self->{foo}
    }

    # '@args' too
    sub set {
        my ($foo, $bar) = @args;
        $self->{foo} = $foo;
        $self->{bar} = $bar;
    }

DESCRIPTION

This module adds $self and @args variables in your code. So you don't need to say:

    my $self = shift;

The provided $self and @args are lexicals in your sub, and it's always the same as saying:

    my ($self, @args) = @_;

... in the first line of sub.

However it is not source filtering, but compile-time code injection. For more info about code injection, see B::Hooks::Parser.

It also exports a "self" and a "args" functions. Basically "self" is just equal to $_[0], and "args" is just $_[1..$#_].

For convienence (and backward compatibility), these two functions are exported by default. If you don't want them to be exported, you need to say:

    use self ();

Since self.pm uses Sub::Exporter, the exported <self> funciton can be renamed:

    use self self => { -as => 'this' };

For more information, see Sub::Exporter.

It is recommended to use variables instead, because it's much much faster. There's a benchmark program under "example" directory compare them: Here's one example run:

    > perl -Ilib examples/benchmark.pl
              Rate  self $self
    self   46598/s    --  -92%
    $self 568182/s 1119%    --

INTERFACE

$self, or self: Return the current object.
@args, or args: Return the argument list.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

self.pm requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

"B::OPCheck", "B::Hooks::Parser", "Sub::Exporter"

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

In some cases, $self and @args may failed to be injected.

If you're using 0.30, please ensure that your sub declaration has its '{' at the same line like this:

    sub foo {
    }

Also it's ok to have the entire sub in one line:

    sub foo { }

Please upgrade to 0.31 if you prefer this style of code:

   sub foo
   {
       $self;
   }

Extra spaces around sub declarations are handled as much as possible, if you found any cases that it failed to work, please send me bug reports with your test cases.

It does not work on methods generated in runtime. Remember, it's a compile-time code injection. For those cases, use "self" function instead.

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

AUTHOR

Kang-min Liu "<gugod@gugod.org>"

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

This is free software, licensed under:

    The MIT (X11) License

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