> How would I use it?

how to use super search to find code:

search 'use if' with single quote as string separator (click search !!!)

> Since this is a pragma, it's executed before anything in my code, so I can't use variables or constants as a condition:

constants
Wrong, since use constant is a pragma itself, and of course order matters.

see this example of defining a constant VERBOSE to control following use statements.

--> Re: Redefining Imported Subs: of scope and no

update: variables

But TIMTOWTDI, see BEGIN for a dynamic way to define variables at start up.

use strict;
use warnings;

my $VERBOSE;
BEGIN {$VERBOSE=1 }

use if $VERBOSE, feature => "say";

say "bla";

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update: functions

or even better define a sub, functions are evaluated at first compilation pass.

The following code will die in one out of two cases!

(just in case if you wanna leave your employer a hard to debug problem =)

use strict;
use warnings;

sub VERBOSE { int rand 2}

use if VERBOSE, feature => "say";

say "bla";

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Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

In reply to Re: How do you use the if pragma? by LanX
in thread How do you use the if pragma? by qazwart

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