Sub::Uplevel(3pm)

1Sub::Uplevel(3)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      Sub::Uplevel(3)
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NAME

6       Sub::Uplevel - apparently run a function in a higher stack frame
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VERSION

9       version 0.24
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SYNOPSIS

12         use Sub::Uplevel;
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14         sub foo {
15             print join " - ", caller;
16         }
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18         sub bar {
19             uplevel 1, \&foo;
20         }
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22         #line 11
23         bar();    # main - foo.plx - 11
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DESCRIPTION

26       Like Tcl's uplevel() function, but not quite so dangerous.  The idea is
27       just to fool caller().  All the really naughty bits of Tcl's uplevel()
28       are avoided.
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30       THIS IS NOT THE SORT OF THING YOU WANT TO DO EVERYDAY
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32       uplevel
33             uplevel $num_frames, \&func, @args;
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35           Makes the given function think it's being executed $num_frames
36           higher than the current stack level.  So when they use
37           caller($frames) it will actually give caller($frames + $num_frames)
38           for them.
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40           "uplevel(1, \&some_func, @_)" is effectively "goto &some_func" but
41           you don't immediately exit the current subroutine.  So while you
42           can't do this:
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44               sub wrapper {
45                   print "Before\n";
46                   goto &some_func;
47                   print "After\n";
48               }
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50           you can do this:
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52               sub wrapper {
53                   print "Before\n";
54                   my @out = uplevel 1, &some_func;
55                   print "After\n";
56                   return @out;
57               }
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59           "uplevel" has the ability to issue a warning if $num_frames is more
60           than the current call stack depth, although this warning is
61           disabled and compiled out by default as the check is relatively
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64           To enable the check for debugging or testing, you should set the
65           global $Sub::Uplevel::CHECK_FRAMES to true before loading
66           Sub::Uplevel for the first time as follows:
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68               #!/usr/bin/perl
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70               BEGIN {
71                   $Sub::Uplevel::CHECK_FRAMES = 1;
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73               use Sub::Uplevel;
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75           Setting or changing the global after the module has been loaded
76           will have no effect.
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EXAMPLE

79       The main reason I wrote this module is so I could write wrappers around
80       functions and they wouldn't be aware they've been wrapped.
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82           use Sub::Uplevel;
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84           my $original_foo = \&foo;
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86           *foo = sub {
87               my @output = uplevel 1, $original_foo;
88               print "foo() returned:  @output";
89               return @output;
90           };
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92       If this code frightens you you should not use this module.
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BUGS and CAVEATS

95       Well, the bad news is uplevel() is about 5 times slower than a normal
96       function call.  XS implementation anyone?  It also slows down every
97       invocation of caller(), regardless of whether uplevel() is in effect.
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99       Sub::Uplevel overrides CORE::GLOBAL::caller temporarily for the scope
100       of each uplevel call.  It does its best to work with any previously
101       existing CORE::GLOBAL::caller (both when Sub::Uplevel is first loaded
102       and within each uplevel call) such as from Contextual::Return or
103       Hook::LexWrap.
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105       However, if you are routinely using multiple modules that override
106       CORE::GLOBAL::caller, you are probably asking for trouble.
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108       You should load Sub::Uplevel as early as possible within your program.
109       As with all CORE::GLOBAL overloading, the overload will not affect
110       modules that have already been compiled prior to the overload.  One
111       module that often is unavoidably loaded prior to Sub::Uplevel is
112       Exporter.  To forcibly recompile Exporter (and Exporter::Heavy) after
113       loading Sub::Uplevel, use it with the ":aggressive" tag:
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115           use Sub::Uplevel qw/:aggressive/;
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117       The private function "Sub::Uplevel::_force_reload()" may be passed a
118       list of additional modules to reload if ":aggressive" is not aggressive
119       enough.  Reloading modules may break things, so only use this as a last
120       resort.
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122       As of version 0.20, Sub::Uplevel requires Perl 5.6 or greater.
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HISTORY

125       Those who do not learn from HISTORY are doomed to repeat it.
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127       The lesson here is simple:  Don't sit next to a Tcl programmer at the
128       dinner table.
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THANKS

131       Thanks to Brent Welch, Damian Conway and Robin Houston.
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133       See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
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SUPPORT

140   Bugs / Feature Requests
141       Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
142       <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Sub-Uplevel>.  You
143       will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.
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145   Source Code
146       This is open source software.  The code repository is available for
147       public review and contribution under the terms of the license.
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149       <https://github.com/dagolden/sub-uplevel>
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151         git clone https://github.com/dagolden/sub-uplevel.git
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AUTHORS

154       ·   Michael Schwern <mschwern@cpan.org>
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156       ·   David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
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COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

159       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Michael Schwern and David
160       Golden.
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162       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
163       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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