Re^2: retailed (embedded) perl

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Re^3: retailed (embedded) perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 06, 2006 at 16:14 UTC
In addition to paths, `@INC` can contain code refs (and a couple of other things). When trying to load a module, Perl iterates over `@INC` until the module is loaded. If a path is encountered, Perl looks for the module in that directory. If a code ref is encoutered, Perl calls the code ref with the name of the module to load. The snippet places a code ref at the `@INC`'s head, causing it to be called first. When called, it displays the name of the module Perl is attempting to load. It doesn't load the module, so Perl proceeds with the next entry in `@INC`. References: `@INC`, `require`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: retailed (embedded) perl by earlati2 (Beadle) on Sep 07, 2006 at 06:52 UTC
a very good explanation tanks a lot	[reply]
Re^5: retailed (embedded) perl by grantm (Parson) on Sep 11, 2006 at 08:51 UTC
You may also be interested to know why Perl supports coderefs in @INC. One reason is so that tools like PAR, which bundle up a Perl script and all of its dependencies, can extract .pm files from the archive on-the-fly as the modules are 'required' by the calling script.	[reply]
Re^3: retailed (embedded) perl by zentara (Cardinal) on Sep 06, 2006 at 15:32 UTC
can you explain me more aboute this feature ? What do you think I am.... a Saint? :-) I just had that from an earlier post by some Saint like abigail..... it's magic. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]