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Stevie-O's scratchpad

by Stevie-O (Friar)
on Jun 01, 2004 at 23:41 UTC ( [id://358828]=scratchpad: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

#!/usr/bin/perl -l # once again, symbol table hacking saves the day # (or is that 'destroys the day'?) { package UNIVERSAL; BEGIN { $old_can = \&{'can'}; # a very bizarre effect occurrs if you do this #undef &{'can'}; *{'can'} = \&hacked_can; } } require Scalar::Util; { package Foo; sub new { bless {} } sub can { print "{Foo::can called}"; sub { } } } { package Bar; sub new { bless {} } sub ooh { } } { package UNIVERSAL; sub hacked_can { # detect recursion from ourselves if ((caller(2))[3] =~ /hacked_can$/) { # print 'recursion detected'; goto $old_can; } return undef unless Scalar::Util::blessed($_[0]); return $_[0]->can($_[1]); } } $x = new Foo; $y = new Bar; print '$x can ooh? ', 0+!!UNIVERSAL::can($x, 'ooh'); print '$y can ooh? ', 0+!!UNIVERSAL::can($y, 'ooh'); print '$x can ahh? ', 0+!!UNIVERSAL::can($x, 'ahh'); print '$y can ahh? ', 0+!!UNIVERSAL::can($y, 'ahh');
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