Re: Conditional Compiling

Since LOGGING is a flag rather than a true constant, why not treat it the same way as you have treated $LOG_FILE_NAME i.e. as a (read only) scalar:

*{"${caller_pkg}::LOGGING"} = \$lexical_log;
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Re^2: Conditional Compiling by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 17, 2004 at 21:52 UTC
Because `log(...) if LOGGING` compiles to nothing given `sub LOGGING () { 0 }` (refer to the first parse tree in the OP), whereas, `log(...) if $LOGGING` would cause `$LOGGING` to be evaluated at runtime everytime the line is encountered. While that's probably a negligable cost, it doesn't meet the goal I set at the top of my post. That goal can be alternatively stated as "I want the `if` to execute at compile time instead of at run-time (while keeping the code simple)."	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Conditional Compiling by Arunbear (Prior) on Nov 18, 2004 at 11:34 UTC
Ok, I get it now. It's quite a cool technique which is also used by Carp::Assert (for disabling assertions).	[reply]