NAME

Acme::ButFirst - Do something, but first do something else.

SYNOPSIS

        use Acme::ButFirst;
        # Print a greeting, but first find caffiene.
        {
                print "Good morning!\n";
        } but first {
                print "I need a coffee\n";
        }
        # Count from 1 to 10, but first print a statement
        # about our counting skills.
        foreach my $count (1..10) {
                print "$count\n";
        } but first {
                print "I can count to...";
        }
        # Print our lines, but first reverse them, but first convert
        # them into upper case.
        while (<>) {
                print;
        } butfirst {
                $_ = reverse $_;
        } butfirst {
                $_ = uc $_;
        }

DESCRIPTION

"Acme::ButFirst" allows you to execute a block of code, but first do something else. Perfect for when you wish to add to the start of a long block of code, but don't have the energy to scroll upwards in your editor.

"Acme::ButFirst" recognises both "butfirst" and "but first" as keywords.

Usage of "Acme::ButFirst" is lexically scoped. ButFirstification can be explicitly disabled by using "no Acme::ButFirst".

SEE ALSO

<http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2005/09/msg00346.html>

Acme::Dont::t, Acme::ComeFrom, Acme::Goto::Line

BUGS

Any use of this module should be considered a bug.

Strings in the form of " { work } but first { coffee } " may sometimes be incorrectly munged.

AUTHOR

Paul Fenwick <pjf@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2005 by Paul Fenwick

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.