Just a try...
use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
sub make_const {
my ( $package, $start_i, $inc, @names ) = @_;
croak "Expecting at least 3 parameters!" if @_ < 3;
croak "'$package' - invalid package name!" if $package !~ /^(\w+)
+(::\w+)*$/;
croak "start_i = '$start_i' is not a number!" unless looks_like_numb
+er( $start_i );
croak "inc = '$inc' is not a number!" unless looks_like_numb
+er( $inc );
carp "inc=0 probably makes no sense" unless $inc;
foreach ( @names ) {
eval "sub $package\::$_ { return $start_i }";
$start_i += $inc;
}
}
BEGIN {
make_const( 'main', 0, 1, qw(inv tut sup main stop reg log set bac
+k new old up file) );
#-- better avoid collisions by not using 'main' / uppercase const
+ants are common
make_const( 'Enum', 10, -2, qw(A B C D E) );
# croaks: make_const( 'X {1}; system("cat /etc/passwd"); sub Enum',
+ 10, -2, qw(A B C D E) );
}
print "1st list of enums: ", join(', ', inv, tut, up, file ),
+ "\n";
print "2nd list of enums: ", join(', ', Enum::A, Enum::B, Enum::E ),
+ "\n";
Result:
1st list of enums: 0, 1, 11, 12
2nd list of enums: 10, 8, 2