SYNOPSIS
Top# easy way to define constants
use Template;
my $tt = Template->new({
CONSTANTS => {
pi => 3.14,
e => 2.718,
},
});
# nitty-gritty, hands-dirty way
use Template::Namespace::Constants;
my $tt = Template->new({
NAMESPACE => {
constants => Template::Namespace::Constants->new({
pi => 3.14,
e => 2.718,
},
},
});
DESCRIPTION
Top
The Template::Namespace::Constants module implements a
namespace handler which is plugged into the
Template::Directive compiler module. This then performs
compile time constant folding of variables in a particular namespace.
METHODS
Topnew(\%constants)
TopThe new() constructor method creates and returns a reference to a new Template::Namespace::Constants object. This creates an internal stash to store the constant variable definitions passed as arguments.
my $handler = Template::Namespace::Constants->new({
pi => 3.14,
e => 2.718,
});
ident(\@ident)
TopMethod called to resolve a variable identifier into a compiled form. In this case, the method fetches the corresponding constant value from its internal stash and returns it.
AUTHOR
TopAndy Wardley <abw@wardley.org> http://wardley.org/
COPYRIGHT
TopCopyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.