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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/strict.pm b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/strict.pm new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d14391add44 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/strict.pm @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +package strict; + +$strict::VERSION = "1.03"; + +my %bitmask = ( +refs => 0x00000002, +subs => 0x00000200, +vars => 0x00000400 +); + +sub bits { + my $bits = 0; + my @wrong; + foreach my $s (@_) { + push @wrong, $s unless exists $bitmask{$s}; + $bits |= $bitmask{$s} || 0; + } + if (@wrong) { + require Carp; + Carp::croak("Unknown 'strict' tag(s) '@wrong'"); + } + $bits; +} + +my $default_bits = bits(qw(refs subs vars)); + +sub import { + shift; + $^H |= @_ ? bits(@_) : $default_bits; +} + +sub unimport { + shift; + $^H &= ~ (@_ ? bits(@_) : $default_bits); +} + +1; +__END__ + +=head1 NAME + +strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + use strict; + + use strict "vars"; + use strict "refs"; + use strict "subs"; + + use strict; + no strict "vars"; + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +If no import list is supplied, all possible restrictions are assumed. +(This is the safest mode to operate in, but is sometimes too strict for +casual programming.) Currently, there are three possible things to be +strict about: "subs", "vars", and "refs". + +=over 6 + +=item C<strict refs> + +This generates a runtime error if you +use symbolic references (see L<perlref>). + + use strict 'refs'; + $ref = \$foo; + print $$ref; # ok + $ref = "foo"; + print $$ref; # runtime error; normally ok + $file = "STDOUT"; + print $file "Hi!"; # error; note: no comma after $file + +There is one exception to this rule: + + $bar = \&{'foo'}; + &$bar; + +is allowed so that C<goto &$AUTOLOAD> would not break under stricture. + + +=item C<strict vars> + +This generates a compile-time error if you access a variable that wasn't +declared via C<our> or C<use vars>, +localized via C<my()>, or wasn't fully qualified. Because this is to avoid +variable suicide problems and subtle dynamic scoping issues, a merely +local() variable isn't good enough. See L<perlfunc/my> and +L<perlfunc/local>. + + use strict 'vars'; + $X::foo = 1; # ok, fully qualified + my $foo = 10; # ok, my() var + local $foo = 9; # blows up + + package Cinna; + our $bar; # Declares $bar in current package + $bar = 'HgS'; # ok, global declared via pragma + +The local() generated a compile-time error because you just touched a global +name without fully qualifying it. + +Because of their special use by sort(), the variables $a and $b are +exempted from this check. + +=item C<strict subs> + +This disables the poetry optimization, generating a compile-time error if +you try to use a bareword identifier that's not a subroutine, unless it +is a simple identifier (no colons) and that it appears in curly braces or +on the left hand side of the C<< => >> symbol. + + use strict 'subs'; + $SIG{PIPE} = Plumber; # blows up + $SIG{PIPE} = "Plumber"; # just fine: quoted string is always ok + $SIG{PIPE} = \&Plumber; # preferred form + +=back + +See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>. + +=head1 HISTORY + +C<strict 'subs'>, with Perl 5.6.1, erroneously permitted to use an unquoted +compound identifier (e.g. C<Foo::Bar>) as a hash key (before C<< => >> or +inside curlies), but without forcing it always to a literal string. + +Starting with Perl 5.8.1 strict is strict about its restrictions: +if unknown restrictions are used, the strict pragma will abort with + + Unknown 'strict' tag(s) '...' + +=cut |