1Sub::Install(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Sub::Install(3)
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6 Sub::Install - install subroutines into packages easily
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9 version 0.926
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12 use Sub::Install;
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14 Sub::Install::install_sub({
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21 This module makes it easy to install subroutines into packages without
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26 install_sub
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33 This routine installs a given code reference into a package as a normal
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39 If "into" is not given, the sub is installed into the calling package.
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63 Sub::Install::install_sub({
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69 This routine behaves exactly like "install_sub", but does not emit a
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73 This routine is provided to allow Sub::Install compatibility with
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81 Anything::At::All->install_sub({ name => $code_ref });
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83 The installed installers are similar, but not identical, to those
84 provided by Sub::Installer. They accept a single hash as an argument.
85 The key/value pairs are used as the "as" and "code" parameters to the
86 "install_sub" routine detailed above. The package name on which the
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89 Unlike Sub::Installer's "install_sub" will not eval strings into code,
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93 Sub::Install exports "install_sub" and "reinstall_sub" only if they are
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97 Sub::Install has a never-exported subroutine called "exporter", which
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102 This routine is mainly for Sub::Install's own consumption. Instead,
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106 Sub::Installer
107 This module is (obviously) a reaction to Damian Conway's
108 Sub::Installer, which does the same thing, but does it by getting
109 its greasy fingers all over UNIVERSAL. I was really happy about
110 the idea of making the installation of coderefs less ugly, but I
111 couldn't bring myself to replace the ugliness of typeglobs and
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119 Ricardo Signes, "<rjbs@cpan.org>"
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121 Several of the tests are adapted from tests that shipped with Damian
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125 Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
126 <http://rt.cpan.org>. I will be notified, and then you'll
127 automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
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130 Copyright 2005-2006 Ricardo Signes, All Rights Reserved.
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132 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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