package Scope::Guard; use strict; use warnings; use Carp qw(confess); use Exporter (); our @ISA = qw(Exporter); our @EXPORT_OK = qw(guard scope_guard); our $VERSION = '0.21'; sub new { confess "Can't create a Scope::Guard in void context" unless (defined wantarray); my $class = shift; my $handler = shift() || die 'Scope::Guard::new: no handler supplied'; my $ref = ref $handler || ''; die "Scope::Guard::new: invalid handler - expected CODE ref, got: '$ref'" unless ref($handler) eq 'CODE'; bless [ 0, $handler ], ref $class || $class; } sub dismiss { my $self = shift; my $dismiss = @_ ? shift : 1; $self->[0] = $dismiss; } sub guard(&) { __PACKAGE__->new(shift) } sub scope_guard($) { __PACKAGE__->new(shift) } sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; my ($dismiss, $handler) = @$self; $handler->() unless ($dismiss); } 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME Scope::Guard - lexically-scoped resource management =head1 SYNOPSIS my $guard = guard { ... }; # or my $guard = scope_guard \&handler; # or my $guard = Scope::Guard->new(sub { ... }); $guard->dismiss(); # disable the handler =head1 DESCRIPTION This module provides a convenient way to perform cleanup or other forms of resource management at the end of a scope. It is particularly useful when dealing with exceptions: the C constructor takes a reference to a subroutine that is guaranteed to be called even if the thread of execution is aborted prematurely. This effectively allows lexically-scoped "promises" to be made that are automatically honoured by perl's garbage collector. For more information, see: L =head1 METHODS =head2 new my $guard = Scope::Guard->new(sub { ... }); # or my $guard = Scope::Guard->new(\&handler); The C method creates a new C object which calls the supplied handler when its C method is called, typically at the end of the scope. =head2 dismiss $guard->dismiss(); # or $guard->dismiss(1); C detaches the handler from the C object. This revokes the "promise" to call the handler when the object is destroyed. The handler can be re-enabled by calling: $guard->dismiss(0); =head1 EXPORTS =head2 guard C takes a block and returns a new C object. It can be used as a shorthand for: Scope::Guard->new(...) e.g. my $guard = guard { ... }; Note: calling C anonymously, i.e. in void context, will raise an exception. This is because anonymous guards are destroyed B (rather than at the end of the scope), which is unlikely to be the desired behaviour. =head2 scope_guard C is the same as C, but it takes a code ref rather than a block. e.g. my $guard = scope_guard \&handler; or: my $guard = scope_guard sub { ... }; or: my $guard = scope_guard $handler; As with C, calling C in void context will raise an exception. =head1 VERSION 0.21 =head1 SEE ALSO =over =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =item * L =back =head1 AUTHOR chocolateboy =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2005-2015, chocolateboy. This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut