NAME

Method::Signatures::Simple - Basic method declarations with signatures, without source filters

VERSION

version 1.07

SYNOPSIS

    # -- a basic class -- #
    package User;
    use Method::Signatures::Simple;
    method new ($class: $name, $email) {
        my $user = {
            id    => new_id(42),
            name  => $name,
            email => $email,
        };
        bless $user, $class;
    }
    func new_id ($seed) {
        state $id = $seed;
        $id++;
    }
    method name  { $self->{name};  }
    method email { $self->{email}; }
    1;
    # -- other features -- #
    # attributes
    method foo : lvalue { $self->{foo} }
    # change invocant name
    use Method::Signatures::Simple invocant => '$this';
    method foo ($bar) { $this->bar($bar) }
    method bar ($class: $bar) { $class->baz($bar) }
    # use a different function keyword
    use Method::Signatures::Simple function_keyword => 'fun';
    fun triple ($num) { 3 * $num }
    # use a different method keyword
    use Method::Signatures::Simple method_keyword => 'action';
    action foo { $self->bar }

RATIONALE

This module provides basic "method" and "func" keywords with simple signatures. It's intentionally simple, and is supposed to be a stepping stone for its bigger brothers MooseX::Method::Signatures and Method::Signatures. It only has a small benefit over regular subs, so if you want more features, look at those modules. But if you're looking for a small amount of syntactic sugar, this might just be enough.

FEATURES

invocant
The "method" keyword automatically injects the annoying "my $self = shift;" for you. You can rename the invocant with the first argument, followed by a colon:
```
    method ($this:) {}
    method ($this: $that) {}
    
```
The "func" keyword doesn't inject an invocant, but does do the signature processing below:
```
    func ($that) {}
    
```

signature

The signature "($sig)" is transformed into "my ($sig) = \@_;". That way, we mimic perl's usual argument handling.

    method foo ($bar, $baz, %opts) {
    func xyzzy ($plugh, @zorkmid) {
    # becomes
    sub foo {
        my $self = shift;
        my ($bar, $baz, %opts) = @_;
    sub xyzzy {
        my ($plugh, @zorkmid) = @_;

ADVANCED CONFIGURATION

Since this module subclasses Devel::Declare::MethodInstaller::Simple, you can change the keywords and the default invocant with import arguments. These changes affect the current scope.

change the invocant name

    use Method::Signatures::Simple invocant => '$this';
    method x { $this->{x} }
    method y { $this->{y} }
    # and this of course still works:
    method z ($self:) { $self->{z} }

change the keywords

You can install a different keyword (instead of the default 'method' and 'func'), by passing names to the "use" line:

    use Method::Signatures::Simple method_keyword   => 'action',
                                   function_keyword => 'thing';
    action foo ($some, $args) { ... }
    thing bar ($whatever) { ... }

One benefit of this is that you can use this module together with e.g. MooseX::Declare:

    # untested
    use MooseX::Declare;
    class Foo {
        use Method::Signatures::Simple method_keyword => 'routine';
        method x (Int $x) { ... }    # from MooseX::Method::Signatures
        routine y ($y) { ... }       # from this module
    }

If you specify neither "method_keyword" nor "function_keyword", then we default to injecting "method" and "func". If you only specify one of these options, then we only inject that one keyword into your scope.

Examples:

    # injects 'method' and 'func'
    use Method::Signatures::Simple;
    # only injects 'action'
    use Method::Signatures::Simple method_keyword => 'action';
    # only injects 'procedure'
    use Method::Signatures::Simple function_keyword => 'procedure';
    # injects 'action' and 'function'
    use Method::Signatures::Simple method_keyword   => 'action',
                                   function_keyword => 'function';

install several keywords

You're not limited to a single "use" line, so you can install several keywords with the same semantics as 'method' into the current scope:

    use Method::Signatures::Simple; # provides 'method' and 'func'
    use Method::Signatures::Simple method_keyword => 'action';
    method x { ... }
    func y { ... }
    action z { ... }

AUTHOR

Rhesa Rozendaal, "<rhesa at cpan.org>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-method-signatures-simple at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Method-Signatures-Simple>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Method::Signatures::Simple

You can also look for information at:

RT: CPAN's request tracker
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Method-Signatures-Simple>
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
<http://annocpan.org/dist/Method-Signatures-Simple>
CPAN Ratings
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Method-Signatures-Simple>
Search CPAN
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Method-Signatures-Simple>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MSTROUT
For writing Devel::Declare and providing the core concepts.
MSCHWERN
For writing Method::Signatures and publishing about it. This is what got my attention.
FLORA
For helping me abstracting the Devel::Declare bits and suggesting improvements.
CHIPS
For suggesting we add a 'func' keyword.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.