1Sort::Key::Register(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentationSort::Key::Register(3)
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NAME

6       Sort::Key::Register - tell Sort::Key how to sort new data types.
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SYNOPSYS

9         use Sort::Key::Register Person =>
10             sub { $_->surname, $_->name },
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13         use Sort::Key::Register 'Color::Component' => 'integer';
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15         use Sort::Key::Register Color =>
16             sub { $_->R, $_->G, $_->B },
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DESCRIPTION

20       Sort::Key::Register allows to register new data types with Sort::Key so
21       that they can be sorted as natively supported ones.
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23       It works as a pragma module and doesn't export any function, all its
24       functionality is provided via "use":
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26         use Sort::Key::Register ...
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28       To avoid collisions between modules registering types with the same
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31         use Sort::Key::Register 'MyPkg::foo' => sub { $_ }, '-int';
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33         # or using __PACKAGE__:
34         use Sort::Key::Register __PACKAGE__, sub { $_ }, '-int';
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36   USAGE
37       use Sort::Key::Register $name => \&multikeygen, @keytypes;
38           registers type $name.
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40           &multikeygen is the multikey extraction function for the type and
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43       use Sort::Key::Register $name => $keytype;
44           this 'use' is useful for simple types that are sorted as another
45           type already registered, maybe changing the direction of the sort
46           (ascending or descending).
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SEE ALSO

49       Sort::Key, Sort::Key::Maker.
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AUTHOR

52       Salvador Fandin~o, <sfandino@yahoo.com>
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55       Copyright (C) 2005 by Salvador Fandin~o
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57       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
58       under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.4 or, at
59       your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
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63perl v5.12.0                      2006-05-08            Sort::Key::Register(3)
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