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Re: Modules as executable scripts?

by friedo (Prior)
on Jun 15, 2007 at 02:14 UTC ( [id://621383]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Modules as executable scripts?

I typically do this:

package Runnable; sub do_something { ... } __PACKAGE__->do_something unless caller; 1;

Then I can execute the module itself as if it were a script. This is great for command-line tools that need to use inheritance or other OO-ish stuff. For a current project, I have my entire Test::Class-based test-suite implemented this way, so the test classes can be run as if they were .t files, but they inherit parent class tests.

Update: Here is a node that discusses this technique in more detail: How a script becomes a module

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Re^2: Modules as executable scripts?
by bsb (Priest) on Jun 15, 2007 at 03:25 UTC
    For PAR compatibility I use:
    __PACKAGE__->do_something(@ARGV) if !caller() || caller() eq 'PAR';

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