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| author | John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com> | 2002-09-01 11:00:12 -0400 |
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| committer | hv <hv@crypt.org> | 2002-09-04 12:39:42 +0000 |
| commit | 30d6fba6aa7467c9f9b076801c9a8093e7735500 (patch) | |
| tree | ff10243d7b984cdc3e6258d3cf9aa4ffaf234beb /pod/perlxs.pod | |
| parent | 6b0bc4bb26281ceacf282d9bc4688174bd747b56 (diff) | |
| download | perl-30d6fba6aa7467c9f9b076801c9a8093e7735500.tar.gz | |
Re: [PATCH] Correct/completes Overloading in XS mods
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diff --git a/pod/perlxs.pod b/pod/perlxs.pod index 15a7888697..0b6659631a 100644 --- a/pod/perlxs.pod +++ b/pod/perlxs.pod @@ -1260,6 +1260,23 @@ characters, you must type the parameter without quoting, seperating multiple overloads with whitespace. Note that "" (the stringify overload) should be entered as \"\" (i.e. escaped). +=head2 The FALLBACK: Keyword + +In addition to the OVERLOAD keyword, if you need to control how +Perl autogenerates missing overloaded operators, you can set the +FALLBACK keyword in the module header section, like this: + + MODULE = RPC PACKAGE = RPC + + FALLBACK: TRUE + ... + +where FALLBACK can take any of the three values TRUE, FALSE, or +UNDEF. If you do not set any FALLBACK value when using OVERLOAD, +it defaults to UNDEF. FALLBACK is not used except when one or +more functions using OVERLOAD have been defined. Please see +L<overload/Fallback> for more details. + =head2 The INTERFACE: Keyword This keyword declares the current XSUB as a keeper of the given |