Package::Reaper(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					Package::Reaper(3)

NAME

       Package::Reaper - pseudo-garbage-collection for packages

VERSION

       version 0.103

SYNOPSIS

	   use Package::Generator;
	   use Package::Reaper;

	   {
	     my $package = Package::Generator->new_package;
	     my $reaper  = Package::Reaper->new($package);
	     ...
	   }

	   # at this point, $package stash has been deleted

DESCRIPTION

       This module allows you to create simple objects which, when destroyed, delete a given package.  This lets you approximate lexically scoped
       packages.

INTERFACE

   new
	 my $reaper = Package::Reaper->new($package);

       This returns the newly generated package reaper.  When the reaper goes out of scope and is garbage collected, it will delete the symbol
       table entry for the package.

   package
	 my $package = $reaper->package;

       This method returns the package which will be reaped.

   is_armed
	 if ($reaper->is_armed) { ... }

       This method returns true if the reaper is armed and false otherwise.  Reapers always start out armed.  A disarmed reaper will not actually
       reap when destroyed.

   disarm
	 $reaper->disarm;

       This method disarms the reaper, so that it will not reap the package when it is destoryed.

   arm
	 $reaper->arm;

       This method arms the reaper, so that it will reap its package when it is destroyed.  By default, new reapers are armed.

AUTHOR

       Ricardo SIGNES, "<rjbs@cpan.org>"

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-package-generator@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.  I
       will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2006 Ricardo Signes, all rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.16.3							    2009-07-09							Package::Reaper(3)