package strict; =head1 NAME strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs =head1 SYNOPSIS use strict; use strict "vars"; use strict "refs"; use strict "subs"; use strict "untie"; use strict; no strict "vars"; =head1 DESCRIPTION If no import list is supplied, all possible restrictions are assumed. (This is the safest mode to operate in, but is sometimes too strict for casual programming.) Currently, there are four possible things to be strict about: "subs", "vars", "refs", and "untie". =over 6 =item C This generates a runtime error if you use symbolic references (see L). use strict 'refs'; $ref = \$foo; print $$ref; # ok $ref = "foo"; print $$ref; # runtime error; normally ok =item C This generates a compile-time error if you access a variable that wasn't localized via C or wasn't fully qualified. Because this is to avoid variable suicide problems and subtle dynamic scoping issues, a merely local() variable isn't good enough. See L and L. use strict 'vars'; $X::foo = 1; # ok, fully qualified my $foo = 10; # ok, my() var local $foo = 9; # blows up The local() generated a compile-time error because you just touched a global name without fully qualifying it. =item C This disables the poetry optimization, generating a compile-time error if you try to use a bareword identifier that's not a subroutine, unless it appears in curly braces or on the left hand side of the "=>" symbol. use strict 'subs'; $SIG{PIPE} = Plumber; # blows up $SIG{PIPE} = "Plumber"; # just fine: bareword in curlies always ok $SIG{PIPE} = \&Plumber; # preferred form =item C This generates a runtime error if any references to the object returned by C (or C) still exist when C is called. Note that to get this strict behaviour, the C statement must be in the same scope as the C. See L, L, L and L. use strict 'untie'; $a = tie %a, 'SOME_PKG'; $b = tie %b, 'SOME_PKG'; $b = 0; tie %c, PKG; $c = tied %c; untie %a ; # blows up, $a is a valid object reference. untie %b; # ok, $b is not a reference to the object. untie %c ; # blows up, $c is a valid object reference. =back See L. =cut sub bits { my $bits = 0; foreach $sememe (@_) { $bits |= 0x00000002 if $sememe eq 'refs'; $bits |= 0x00000200 if $sememe eq 'subs'; $bits |= 0x00000400 if $sememe eq 'vars'; $bits |= 0x00000800 if $sememe eq 'untie'; } $bits; } sub import { shift; $^H |= bits(@_ ? @_ : qw(refs subs vars untie)); } sub unimport { shift; $^H &= ~ bits(@_ ? @_ : qw(refs subs vars untie)); } 1;