NAME
Perl::AtEndOfScope - run some code when a variable goes out of scope
SYNOPSIS
use Perl::AtEndOfScope;
use Cwd;
{
my $restorecwd=Perl::AtEndOfScope->new( sub{chdir $_[0]}, getcwd );
chdir '/path/to/some/directory';
...
}
# now we are back to the old cwd
# or better using the undocumented "chdir FILEHANDLE"
use Perl::AtEndOfScope;
{
my $restorecwd=Perl::AtEndOfScope->new( sub{chdir $_[0]},
do {opendir my $d, '.'; $d} );
chdir '/path/to/some/directory';
...
}
# now we are back to the old cwd
INSTALLATION
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
DESCRIPTION
It's often necessary to do some cleanup at the end of a scope. This
module creates a Perl object and executes arbitrary code when the object
goes out of scope.
METHODS
Perl::AtEndOfScope->new( $sub, @args )
the constructor. The code reference passed in $sub is called with
@args as parameter list when the object is destroyed.
While $sub is executed the following variables are preserved:
$@, $a, $b, $_, $., $!, $^E, $?
This list can grow in future versions.
$sub is executed within an eval block. You can check
$Perl::AtEndOfFile::EXC
to see if an exception has been thrown by it.
$Perl::AtEndOfScope::EXC is not stringified.
If multiple Perl::AtEndOfScope objects are destroyed at the same
time only the last exception thrown by one of them is saved.
DESTROY( $self )
the destructor.
EXPORT
Not an Exporter.
AUTHOR
Torsten Foertsch, <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2005-2008 by Torsten Foertsch
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.