Re^2: How to get function's name inside of CODE attribute (monkey see)

[tye]

in reply to Re: How to get function's name inside of CODE attribute
in thread How to get function's name inside of CODE attribute

I added in Attribute::Lexical to avoid the need to monkeypatch UNIVERSAL.

You don't have to read much of the code before you get to:

unshift @UNIVERSAL::ISA, "Attribute::Lexical::UNIVERSAL";

So, this module avoids adding methods to UNIVERSAL (I assume), but adding a super class after the fact is certainly also monkey patching.

(Yes, I actually implement attributes without monkey patching UNIVERSAL at all and much more simply and, IMHO, sanely and buttoning that up for CPAN is on my to-do list.)

[stvn]

Yes, I actually implement attributes without monkey patching UNIVERSAL at all and much more simply and, IMHO, sanely and buttoning that up for CPAN is on my to-do list.

Is the code sane enough for github? or some other public code hosting site? I would like to see this.

[tye]

Actually, much of the code is included in Devel::Init. After the __END__ line is even the code I decided to leave out of Devel::Init that tries to provide compatibility with the first entrant, Attribute::Handlers.

No, Devel::Init is not a tool for enabling developers to easily define their own attributes. But the code in Devel::Init only requires small additions and minor reworking for it to become that.

[chromatic]

I'm no fan of that myself, but it's less troublesome than putting all handlers in UNIVERSAL. I'll happily switch to a better solution that avoids modifying global behavior altogether.