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NAME

6       Tie::Function - wrap functions in tied hash sugar
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SYNOPSIS AND EXAMPLE

9         use Tie::Function 0.01;
10         tie my %a, Tie::Function => sub{join '_'x$_[0],qw/( | )/};
11         print "small: $a{1}\nmedium: $a{2}\nwide: $a{3}\n";
12         # we split on $; to recover multiple arguments
13         tie my %times, Tie::Function => sub{
14               $_[0] * $_[1]
15         };
16         print "3 times 5 is $times{3,5}\n"
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DESCRIPTION

19       Tie::Function simplifies wrapping functions in tied hash syntax so they
20       can be interpolated in double-quoted literals without messy
21       intermediate variables.
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23       Here's how I use it the most:
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25          use HTML::Entities;
26          use Tie::Function;
27          tie my %Entitize => 'Tie::Function' => \&encode_entities;
28          ...
29          print <<EOF;
30          <em>$Entitize{$somethingaboutsomething}</em><br>
31          <textarea name="something"
32          cols="60" rows="10">$Entitize{$something}</textarea>
33          EOF
34          ...
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EXPORT

37       nothing
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HISTORY

40   0.01
41       initial version
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43   0.02
44       relaxed stricture, turned off warnings to silence "split on unitialized
45       value" warning
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AUTHOR

48       Copyright (C) 2004,2005 david nicol davidnico@cpan.org released under
49       your choice of the GNU Public or Artistic licenses
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SEE ALSO

52       perltie
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54       Tie::OneOff
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56       Interpolation
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58       Tie::Filter
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60       overload
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64perl v5.34.0                      2021-07-23                       Function(3)