I am working on a module and set of tools for injecting source into
another file at compile time. It currently does this by using
Filter::Util::Call to hook into the compilation process, inject the
new code before the next line that perl will compile, and then remove
itself handing control back to the compiler.
I have tentatively named this module `eval.pm`
use eval 'my $x = 1';
use eval some_sub(...);
since `use` implies compile time and it is injecting the source into
the currently compiling `eval`.
but I am considering any of the following names:
eval
insert
inject
inline
compile
here
Since all of these names are single word/lowercase names, I wanted to
put the name up for the Perl community to comment on.
I have a fully written module with a decent test suite ready to upload
once the name is finalized.
The overall goal of the module is to allow people to write a macro function:
sub my_0 {map "my \$$_ = 0", @_}
And then be able to write:
use eval my_0 qw(x y z);
And have the compiler see `my $x = 0; my $y = 0; my $z = 0;`
Thanks for your time,
Eric Strom
[email protected]
https://metacpan.org/author/ASG
