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Re: aliasing subs

by Zaxo (Archbishop)
on May 06, 2003 at 10:49 UTC ( [id://255835]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to aliasing subs

You want caller, But...

Why mess with one code block with two names? Just make two subs, or see File::Spec for a better way to do this job.

Update: broquaint is correct about caller not doing what you want:

$ perl -e'sub foo {print( (caller 0)[3], $/)} local *bar = \&foo; bar( +)' main::foo $ perl -e'$foo = sub {print( (caller 0)[3], $/)}; local *bar = $foo; b +ar()' main::__ANON__ $

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Zaxo

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Re: Re: aliasing subs
by december (Pilgrim) on May 06, 2003 at 11:47 UTC
    Why mess with one code block with two names?

    Because both return values come from the same line of code; and just to practice my perl skills.

    You're right that using a module could be more handy, but I want to understand more about perl references, so I try to use some in my code. I'm more interested in explanation why it does/doesn't work, and what the alternatives in implementation are, than references to modules. ;)

    Thanks for the idea, though.

      sub x { print "Starting with X\n"; my $ret = _shared_code(@_); return "From X: $ret"; } sub y { print "Starting with Y\n"; my $ret = _shared_code(@_); return "From Y: $ret"; } sub _shared_code { # Do stuff here }
      You still get the shared code abstracted out and you get to handle differences. I often do this with structures like:
      sub DoFoo { return do_stuff('Foo', @_) } sub DoBar { return do_stuff('Bar', @_) } sub DoBaz { return do_stuff('Baz', @_) } sub do_stuff { my ($name, ...) = @_; # Do stuff here }
      This is usually one of the first steps I take when refactoring a bloated code base.

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