NAME
Attribute::Overload - Attribute that makes overloading easier
VERSION
version 1.100710
SYNOPSIS
use Attribute::Overload;
sub add : Overload(+) {
# ...
}
DESCRIPTION
The "Overload" attribute, when used on a subroutine, declares that
subroutine as the handler in the current package for the operation(s)
indicated by the attribute options. Thus it frees you from the
implementation details of how to declare overloads and keeps the
definitions where they belong, with the operation handlers.
For details of which operations can be overloaded and what the
overloading function gets passed see the overload manpage.
Note that you can't overload constants this way, since this has to
happen during BEGIN time, but attributes are only evaluated at CHECK
time, at least as far as Attribute::Handlers is concerned.
INSTALLATION
See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl
modules.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
<
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Attribute-Overload>.
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive
Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a
CPAN site near you, or see
<
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Attribute-Overload/>.
The development version lives at
<
http://github.com/hanekomu/Attribute-Overload/>. Instead of sending
patches, please fork this project using the standard git and github
infrastructure.
AUTHOR
Marcel Gruenauer <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2001 by Marcel Gruenauer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
