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MakeMethods::Utility::Ref(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    MakeMethods::Utility::Ref(3pm)

NAME

       Class::MakeMethods::Utility::Ref - Deep copying and comparison

SYNOPSIS

	 use Class::MakeMethods::Utility::Ref qw( ref_clone ref_compare );

	 $deep_copy = ref_clone( $original );
	 $positive_zero_or_negative = ref_compare( $item_a, $item_b );

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides utility functions to copy and compare arbitrary references, including full traversal of nested data structures.

   REFERENCE
       The following functions are provided:

   ref_clone()
       Make a recursive copy of a reference.

   ref_compare()
       Attempt to recursively compare two references.

       If they are not the same, try to be consistent about returning a positive or negative number so that it can be used for sorting.  The sort
       order is kinda arbitrary.

SEE ALSO

       See Class::MakeMethods for general information about this distribution.

       See Ref for the original version of the clone and compare functions used above.

       See Clone (v0.09 on CPAN as of 2000-09-21) for a clone method with an XS implementation.

       The Perl6 RFP #67 proposes including clone functionality in the core.

       See Data::Compare (v0.01 on CPAN as of 1999-04-24) for a Compare method which checks two references for similarity, but it does not provide
       positive/negative values for ordering purposes.

perl v5.10.1							    2004-09-06					    MakeMethods::Utility::Ref(3pm)

MakeMethods::Evaled(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				  MakeMethods::Evaled(3pm)

NAME

       Class::MakeMethods::Evaled - Make methods with simple string evals

SYNOPSIS

	 package MyObject;
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Evaled::Hash (
	   new => 'new',
	   scalar => [ 'foo', 'bar' ],
	   array => 'my_list',
	   hash => 'my_index',
	 );

DESCRIPTION

       This document describes the various subclasses of Class::MakeMethods included under the Evaled::* namespace, and the method types each one
       provides.

       The Evaled subclasses generate methods using a simple string templating mechanism and basic string evals.

   Calling Conventions
       When you "use" this package, the method names you provide as arguments cause subroutines to be generated and installed in your module.

       See "Calling Conventions" in Class::MakeMethods::Standard for more information.

   Declaration Syntax
       To declare methods, pass in pairs of a method-type name followed by one or more method names.

       Valid method-type names for this package are listed in "METHOD GENERATOR TYPES".

       See "Declaration Syntax" in Class::MakeMethods::Standard and "Parameter Syntax" in Class::MakeMethods::Standard for more information.

   About Evaled Methods
SEE ALSO

       See Class::MakeMethods for general information about this distribution.

       For distribution, installation, support, copyright and license information, see Class::MakeMethods::Docs::ReadMe.

perl v5.10.1							    2004-09-06						  MakeMethods::Evaled(3pm)