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Re^5: Ter::ANSIColor is awesome, but.. (need help)

by mascip (Pilgrim)
on Mar 30, 2014 at 14:26 UTC ( [id://1080297]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^4: Ter::ANSIColor is awesome, but.. (need help)
in thread Term::ANSIColor is awesome, but.. (need help)

But this means passing around both variables everywhere, which is a pain.

Oh! I just realized, I could I not notice? eq() is an operator, I can overload it! Time to Git clone and see if that works...

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Re^6: Ter::ANSIColor is awesome, but.. (need help)
by mascip (Pilgrim) on Mar 30, 2014 at 15:23 UTC

    I cannot overload eq() because Term::ANSIColor doesn't return an object. Ouch. Are there any alternative implementations out there that return an object?

    It could look like this:

    my $name = String::Colored->new('Jon', 'red'); # improvised module nam +e # Overloads stringification print $name; # Overloads string comparison operators my $res = $name eq 'Jon'; $name->stripcolor;

      Why not implement that yourself?

      package MyApp::User; use strict; use overload '""' => \&stringify, 'eq' => \&cmp, ; sub new { my( $class, %options )= @_; bless \%options => $class; }; sub stringify { my( $self )= @_; colorize( $self->{ name }, 'red' ); }; sub cmp { ... };

      In the long run, this approach of adding more magic instead of cleanly separating display logic and business logic in your program will cause you lots of problems. Most likely you will encounter unintentional stringification. But that's an experience you'll have to make yourself.

        Oh yes, I just need a very thin wrapper. I should stop working on the weekend: I'm too tired to think. I imagined I'd have to refactor Term::ANSIColor into a class.

        It could look like this instead (more generic):

        package String::Colored; sub new { my( $class, $string, $color )= @_; bless { string => $string, color => $color } => $class; }; sub stringify { my( $self )= @_; colored( $self->{ name }, $self->{$color} ); } sub eq { ... }
        I like the idea.

        But I read your advice and now I'm wondering.
        Do you think you could give me the simplest example of how I might encounter unintentional stringification?

        I'm heading back home, I'll think about this tonight.

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