perlpragma

perlpragma

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• A basic example
• Key naming
• Implementation details

NAME

perlpragma - how to write a user pragma

DESCRIPTION

A pragma is a module which influences some aspect of the compile time or run time behaviour of Perl, such as strict or warnings . With Perl 5.10 you are no longer limited to the built in pragmata; you can now create user pragmata that modify the behaviour of user functions within a lexical scope.

A basic example

For example, say you need to create a class implementing overloaded mathematical operators, and would like to provide your own pragma