Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
Your skill will accomplish
what the force of many cannot
 
PerlMonks  

Re: Modules as executable scripts?

by friedo (Prior)
on Jun 15, 2007 at 02:14 UTC ( [id://621383]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Modules as executable scripts?

I typically do this:

package Runnable; sub do_something { ... } __PACKAGE__->do_something unless caller; 1;

Then I can execute the module itself as if it were a script. This is great for command-line tools that need to use inheritance or other OO-ish stuff. For a current project, I have my entire Test::Class-based test-suite implemented this way, so the test classes can be run as if they were .t files, but they inherit parent class tests.

Update: Here is a node that discusses this technique in more detail: How a script becomes a module

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: Modules as executable scripts?
by bsb (Priest) on Jun 15, 2007 at 03:25 UTC
    For PAR compatibility I use:
    __PACKAGE__->do_something(@ARGV) if !caller() || caller() eq 'PAR';

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: note [id://621383]
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others lurking in the Monastery: (7)
As of 2024-04-23 16:52 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found