Moose::Cookbook::Snack::Keywords(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Moose::Cookbook::Snack::Keywords(3pm)NAME
Moose::Cookbook::Snack::Keywords - Restricted "keywords" in Moose
VERSION
version 2.0603
DESCRIPTION
Moose exports a number of sugar functions in order to emulate Perl built-in keywords. These can cause clashes with other user-defined
functions. This document provides a list of those keywords for easy reference.
The 'meta' keyword
"use Moose" adds a method called "meta" to your class. If this conflicts with a method or function you are using, you can rename it, or
prevent it from being installed entirely. To do this, pass the "-meta_name" option when you "use Moose". For instance:
# install it under a different name
use Moose -meta_name => 'moose_meta';
# don't install it at all
use Moose -meta_name => undef;
Moose Keywords
If you are using Moose or Moose::Role it is best to avoid these keywords:
extends
with
has
before
after
around
super
override
inner
augment
confess
blessed
Moose::Util::TypeConstraints Keywords
If you are using Moose::Util::TypeConstraints it is best to avoid these keywords:
type
subtype
class_type
role_type
maybe_type
duck_type
as
where
message
optimize_as
inline_as
coerce
from
via
enum
find_type_constraint
register_type_constraint
Avoiding collisions
Turning off Moose
To remove the sugar functions Moose exports, just add "no Moose" at the bottom of your code:
package Thing;
use Moose;
# code here
no Moose;
This will unexport the sugar functions that Moose originally exported. The same will also work for Moose::Role and
Moose::Util::TypeConstraints.
Sub::Exporter features
Moose, Moose::Role and Moose::Util::TypeConstraints all use Sub::Exporter to handle all their exporting needs. This means that all the
features that Sub::Exporter provides are also available to them.
For instance, with Sub::Exporter you can rename keywords, like so:
package LOL::Cat;
use Moose 'has' => { -as => 'i_can_haz' };
i_can_haz 'cheeseburger' => (
is => 'rw',
trigger => sub { print "NOM NOM" }
);
LOL::Cat->new->cheeseburger('KTHNXBYE');
See the Sub::Exporter docs for more information.
namespace::autoclean and namespace::clean
You can also use namespace::autoclean to clean up your namespace. This will remove all imported functions from your namespace. Note that
if you are importing functions that are intended to be used as methods (this includes overload, due to internal implementation details), it
will remove these as well.
Another option is to use namespace::clean directly, but you must be careful not to remove "meta" when doing so:
package Foo;
use Moose;
use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
# ...
SEE ALSO
Moose
Moose::Role
Moose::Utils::TypeConstraints
Sub::Exporter
namespace::autoclean
namespace::clean
AUTHOR
Moose is maintained by the Moose Cabal, along with the help of many contributors. See "CABAL" in Moose and "CONTRIBUTORS" in Moose for
details.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Infinity Interactive, Inc..
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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