Attribute::Overload - Attribute that makes overloading easier


NAME

Attribute::Overload - Attribute that makes overloading easier


SYNOPSIS

  use Attribute::Overload;
  sub add : Overload(+) { ... }


DESCRIPTION

The Overload attribute, when used on a subroutine, declares that subroutine as handler in the current package for the operation(s) indicated by the attribute options. Thus it frees you from the implementation details of how to declare overloads and keeps the definitions where they belong, with the operation handlers.

For details of which operations can be overloaded and what the overloading function gets passed see the overload manpage.

Note that you can't overload constants this way, since this has to happen during BEGIN time, but attributes are only evaluated at CHECK time (at least as far as Attribute::Handlers is concerned).


BUGS

None known so far. If you find any bugs or oddities, please do inform the author.


AUTHOR

Marcel Grunauer, <marcel@codewerk.com>


COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 Marcel Grunauer. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


SEE ALSO

perl(1), overload(3pm), Attribute::Handlers(3pm).

 Attribute::Overload - Attribute that makes overloading easier