1Package::Reaper(3)    User Contributed Perl Documentation   Package::Reaper(3)
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NAME

6       Package::Reaper - pseudo-garbage-collection for packages
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VERSION

9       version 0.103
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SYNOPSIS

12           use Package::Generator;
13           use Package::Reaper;
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15           {
16             my $package = Package::Generator->new_package;
17             my $reaper  = Package::Reaper->new($package);
18             ...
19           }
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21           # at this point, $package stash has been deleted
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DESCRIPTION

24       This module allows you to create simple objects which, when destroyed,
25       delete a given package.  This lets you approximate lexically scoped
26       packages.
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INTERFACE

29   new
30         my $reaper = Package::Reaper->new($package);
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32       This returns the newly generated package reaper.  When the reaper goes
33       out of scope and is garbage collected, it will delete the symbol table
34       entry for the package.
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36   package
37         my $package = $reaper->package;
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39       This method returns the package which will be reaped.
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41   is_armed
42         if ($reaper->is_armed) { ... }
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44       This method returns true if the reaper is armed and false otherwise.
45       Reapers always start out armed.  A disarmed reaper will not actually
46       reap when destroyed.
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48   disarm
49         $reaper->disarm;
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51       This method disarms the reaper, so that it will not reap the package
52       when it is destoryed.
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54   arm
55         $reaper->arm;
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57       This method arms the reaper, so that it will reap its package when it
58       is destroyed.  By default, new reapers are armed.
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AUTHOR

61       Ricardo SIGNES, "<rjbs@cpan.org>"
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BUGS

64       Please report any bugs or feature requests to
65       "bug-package-generator@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
66       <http://rt.cpan.org>.  I will be notified, and then you'll
67       automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
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70       Copyright 2006 Ricardo Signes, all rights reserved.
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72       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
73       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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