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(Variable <code>my</code> declarations also may, but see the warning below.) Perl handles these declarations by passing some information about the call site and the thing being declared along with the attribute list to this module. In particular, the first example above is equivalent to the following:</p> <pre><code>use attributes __PACKAGE__, \&foo, 'method';</code></pre> <p>The second example in the synopsis does something equivalent to this:</p> <pre><code>use attributes __PACKAGE__, \$x, 'Bent'; use attributes __PACKAGE__, \@y, 'Bent'; use attributes __PACKAGE__, \%z, 'Bent';</code></pre> <p>Yes, that's three invocations.</p> <p><b>WARNING</b>: attribute declarations for variables are an <i>experimental</i> feature. The semantics of such declarations could change or be removed in future versions. They are present for purposes of experimentation with what the semantics ought to be. Do not rely on the current implementation of this feature.</p> <p>There are only a few attributes currently handled by Perl itself (or directly by this module, depending on how you look at it.) However, package-specific attributes are allowed by an extension mechanism. (See <a href="#Package-specific-Attribute-Handling">"Package-specific Attribute Handling"</a> below.)</p> <p>The setting of attributes happens at compile time. An attempt to set an unrecognized attribute is a fatal error. (The error is trappable, but it still stops the compilation within that <code>eval</code>.) Setting an attribute with a name that's all lowercase letters that's not a built-in attribute (such as "foo") will result in a warning with <b>-w</b> or <code>use warnings 'reserved'</code>.</p> <h2 id="Built-in-Attributes"><a class="permalink" href="#Built-in-Attributes">#</a><a id="Built"></a>Built-in Attributes</h2> <p>The following are the built-in attributes for subroutines:</p> <dl> <dt id="locked"><a class="permalink" href="#locked">#</a>locked</dt> <dd> <p>Setting this attribute is only meaningful when the subroutine or method is to be called by multiple threads. When set on a method subroutine (i.e., one marked with the <b>method</b> attribute below), Perl ensures that any invocation of it implicitly locks its first argument before execution. When set on a non-method subroutine, Perl ensures that a lock is taken on the subroutine itself before execution. The semantics of the lock are exactly those of one explicitly taken with the <code>lock</code> operator immediately after the subroutine is entered.</p> </dd> <dt id="method"><a class="permalink" href="#method">#</a>method</dt> <dd> <p>Indicates that the referenced subroutine is a method. This has a meaning when taken together with the <b>locked</b> attribute, as described there. It also means that a subroutine so marked will not trigger the "Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s" warning.</p> </dd> <dt id="lvalue"><a class="permalink" href="#lvalue">#</a>lvalue</dt> <dd> <p>Indicates that the referenced subroutine is a valid lvalue and can be assigned to. The subroutine must return a modifiable value such as a scalar variable, as described in <a href="/5.6.1/perlsub">perlsub</a>.</p> </dd> </dl> <p>There are no built-in attributes for anything other than subroutines.</p> <h2 id="Available-Subroutines"><a class="permalink" href="#Available-Subroutines">#</a><a id="Available"></a>Available Subroutines</h2> <p>The following subroutines are available for general use once this module has been loaded:</p> <dl> <dt id="get"><a class="permalink" href="#get">#</a>get</dt> <dd> <p>This routine expects a single parameter--a reference to a subroutine or variable. It returns a list of attributes, which may be empty. If passed invalid arguments, it uses die() (via <a href="/5.6.1/Carp">Carp::croak</a>) to raise a fatal exception. If it can find an appropriate package name for a class method lookup, it will include the results from a <code>FETCH_<i>type</i>_ATTRIBUTES</code> call in its return list, as described in <a href="#Package-specific-Attribute-Handling">"Package-specific Attribute Handling"</a> below. Otherwise, only <a href="#Built-in-Attributes">built-in attributes</a> will be returned.</p> </dd> <dt id="reftype"><a class="permalink" href="#reftype">#</a>reftype</dt> <dd> <p>This routine expects a single parameter--a reference to a subroutine or variable. It returns the built-in type of the referenced variable, ignoring any package into which it might have been blessed. This can be useful for determining the <i>type</i> value which forms part of the method names described in <a href="#Package-specific-Attribute-Handling">"Package-specific Attribute Handling"</a> below.</p> </dd> </dl> <p>Note that these routines are <i>not</i> exported by default.</p> <h2 id="Package-specific-Attribute-Handling"><a class="permalink" href="#Package-specific-Attribute-Handling">#</a><a id="Package"></a>Package-specific Attribute Handling</h2> <p><b>WARNING</b>: the mechanisms described here are still experimental. Do not rely on the current implementation. In particular, there is no provision for applying package attributes to 'cloned' copies of subroutines used as closures. (See <a href="/5.6.1/perlref#Making-References">"Making References" in perlref</a> for information on closures.) Package-specific attribute handling may change incompatibly in a future release.</p> <p>When an attribute list is present in a declaration, a check is made to see whether an attribute 'modify' handler is present in the appropriate package (or its @ISA inheritance tree). Similarly, when <code>attributes::get</code> is called on a valid reference, a check is made for an appropriate attribute 'fetch' handler. See <a href="#EXAMPLES">"EXAMPLES"</a> to see how the "appropriate package" determination works.</p> <p>The handler names are based on the underlying type of the variable being declared or of the reference passed. Because these attributes are associated with subroutine or variable declarations, this deliberately ignores any possibility of being blessed into some package. Thus, a subroutine declaration uses "CODE" as its <i>type</i>, and even a blessed hash reference uses "HASH" as its <i>type</i>.</p> <p>The class methods invoked for modifying and fetching are these:</p> <dl> <dt id="FETCH_type_ATTRIBUTES"><a class="permalink" href="#FETCH_type_ATTRIBUTES">#</a>FETCH_<i>type</i>_ATTRIBUTES</dt> <dd> <p>This method receives a single argument, which is a reference to the variable or subroutine for which package-defined attributes are desired. The expected return value is a list of associated attributes. This list may be empty.</p> </dd> <dt id="MODIFY_type_ATTRIBUTES"><a class="permalink" href="#MODIFY_type_ATTRIBUTES">#</a>MODIFY_<i>type</i>_ATTRIBUTES</dt> <dd> <p>This method is called with two fixed arguments, followed by the list of attributes from the relevant declaration. The two fixed arguments are the relevant package name and a reference to the declared subroutine or variable. The expected return value as a list of attributes which were not recognized by this handler. Note that this allows for a derived class to delegate a call to its base class, and then only examine the attributes which the base class didn't already handle for it.</p> <p>The call to this method is currently made <i>during</i> the processing of the declaration. In particular, this means that a subroutine reference will probably be for an undefined subroutine, even if this declaration is actually part of the definition.</p> </dd> </dl> <p>Calling <code>attributes::get()</code> from within the scope of a null package declaration <code>package ;</code> for an unblessed variable reference will not provide any starting package name for the 'fetch' method lookup. Thus, this circumstance will not result in a method call for package-defined attributes. A named subroutine knows to which symbol table entry it belongs (or originally belonged), and it will use the corresponding package. An anonymous subroutine knows the package name into which it was compiled (unless it was also compiled with a null package declaration), and so it will use that package name.</p> <h2 id="Syntax-of-Attribute-Lists"><a class="permalink" href="#Syntax-of-Attribute-Lists">#</a><a id="Syntax"></a>Syntax of Attribute Lists</h2> <p>An attribute list is a sequence of attribute specifications, separated by whitespace or a colon (with optional whitespace). Each attribute specification is a simple name, optionally followed by a parenthesised parameter list. If such a parameter list is present, it is scanned past as for the rules for the <code>q()</code> operator. (See <a href="/5.6.1/perlop#Quote-and-Quote-like-Operators">"Quote and Quote-like Operators" in perlop</a>.) The parameter list is passed as it was found, however, and not as per <code>q()</code>.</p> <p>Some examples of syntactically valid attribute lists:</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">switch(10,foo(7,3)) : expensive Ugly('\(") :Bad _5x5 locked method</code></pre> <p>Some examples of syntactically invalid attribute lists (with annotation):</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">switch(10,foo() # ()-string not balanced Ugly('(') # ()-string not balanced 5x5 # "5x5" not a valid identifier Y2::north # "Y2::north" not a simple identifier foo + bar # "+" neither a colon nor whitespace</code></pre> <h1 id="EXPORTS"><a class="permalink" href="#EXPORTS">#</a>EXPORTS</h1> <h2 id="Default-exports"><a class="permalink" href="#Default-exports">#</a><a id="Default"></a>Default exports</h2> <p>None.</p> <h2 id="Available-exports"><a class="permalink" href="#Available-exports">#</a><a id="Available1"></a>Available exports</h2> <p>The routines <code>get</code> and <code>reftype</code> are exportable.</p> <h2 id="Export-tags-defined"><a class="permalink" href="#Export-tags-defined">#</a><a id="Export"></a>Export tags defined</h2> <p>The <code>:ALL</code> tag will get all of the above exports.</p> <h1 id="EXAMPLES"><a class="permalink" href="#EXAMPLES">#</a>EXAMPLES</h1> <p>Here are some samples of syntactically valid declarations, with annotation as to how they resolve internally into <code>use attributes</code> invocations by perl. These examples are primarily useful to see how the "appropriate package" is found for the possible method lookups for package-defined attributes.</p> <ol> <li><p>Code:</p> <pre><code>package Canine; package Dog; my Canine $spot : Watchful ;</code></pre> <p>Effect:</p> <pre><code>use attributes Canine => \$spot, "Watchful";</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Code:</p> <pre><code>package Felis; my $cat : Nervous;</code></pre> <p>Effect:</p> <pre><code>use attributes Felis => \$cat, "Nervous";</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Code:</p> <pre><code>package X; sub foo : locked ;</code></pre> <p>Effect:</p> <pre><code>use attributes X => \&foo, "locked";</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Code:</p> <pre><code>package X; sub Y::x : locked { 1 }</code></pre> <p>Effect:</p> <pre><code>use attributes Y => \&Y::x, "locked";</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Code:</p> <pre><code>package X; sub foo { 1 } package Y; BEGIN { *bar = \&X::foo; } package Z; sub Y::bar : locked ;</code></pre> <p>Effect:</p> <pre><code>use attributes X => \&X::foo, "locked";</code></pre> </li> </ol> <p>This last example is purely for purposes of completeness. 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