autobox

[jmcnamara]

autobox "endows Perl's core datatypes with the capabilities of first-class objects".

This is best demonstrated with an example:

    #!/usr/bin/perl5.8.1-autobox -w

    use autobox SCALAR => 'Print';

    package Print;

    sub print {print $_[0], "\n"};

    1;

    "Just Another Perl Hacker"->print();

    __END__

And when you run it:

    $ ./autobox.pl 
    It's Perl Jim, but not as we know it.

Or (perhaps) the first autobox JAPH (with the above Print in a separate package):

    perl5.8.1-autobox -Mautobox="SCALAR,Print" -MPrint -e '"Just Anoth
+er Perl Hacker"->print()'

Or consider the following example from the pod:

    my $schwartzian = [ @_ ]->map(...)->sort(...)->map(...);

Let the holy wars commence.

--
John.