Re^2: The 'eval "require $module; 1"' idiom

Thanks for pointing out about the general term. Although the majority of the general form is for require/use, people do use it for other purposes too:

http://grep.cpan.me/?q=if+%5C%28eval+%22.%2B%3F%3B+1%22

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Re^3: The 'eval "require $module; 1"' idiom by davido (Cardinal) on Apr 19, 2014 at 17:04 UTC
I wish the grep.cpan.me supported lookaheads and lookbehinds, which would allow me to search a little more specifically for situations where the idiom is used outside of the "require" and "use" use case. If it did, I might try something like: `if \(eval ["'](?!require\|use).+?;\s*1;?["']` [download] Dave	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: The 'eval "require $module; 1"' idiom by DouglasDD (Beadle) on Aug 09, 2019 at 12:45 UTC
I wish the grep.cpan.me supported lookaheads and lookbehinds We can use `[^ur]` as a cheap trick to grep for cases other than `use` or `require`: `(if\|unless) \(eval +["'][^ru].+?; 1;?["']`	[reply] [d/l] [select]