package circular::require; use strict; use warnings; # ABSTRACT: detect circularity in use/require statements use Package::Stash; =head1 SYNOPSIS package Foo; use Bar; package Bar; use Foo; package main; no circular::require; use Foo; # warns or perl -M-circular::require foo.pl =head1 DESCRIPTION Perl by default just ignores cycles in require statements - if Foo.pm does C and Bar.pm does C, doing C elsewhere will start loading Foo.pm, then hit the C statement, start loading Bar.pm, hit the C statement, notice that Foo.pm has already started loading and ignore it, and continue loading Bar.pm. But Foo.pm hasn't finished loading yet, so if Bar.pm uses anything from Foo.pm (which it likely does, if it's loading it), those won't be accessible while the body of Bar.pm is being executed. This can lead to some very confusing errors, especially if introspection is happening at load time (C in L classes, for example). This module generates a warning whenever a module is skipped due to being loaded, if that module has not finished executing. =cut my %seen; my $saved; sub _require { my ($file) = @_; if (exists $seen{$file} && !$seen{$file}) { warn "Circular require detected: $file (from " . caller() . ")\n"; } $seen{$file} = 0; my $ret = $saved ? $saved->($file) : CORE::require($file); $seen{$file} = 1; return $ret; } sub import { my $stash = Package::Stash->new('CORE::GLOBAL'); if ($saved) { $stash->add_package_symbol('&require' => $saved); } else { $stash->remove_package_symbol('&require'); } } sub unimport { my $stash = Package::Stash->new('CORE::GLOBAL'); my $old_require = $stash->get_package_symbol('&require'); $saved = $old_require if defined($old_require) && $old_require != \&_require; $stash->add_package_symbol('&require', \&_require); } =head1 CAVEATS This module works by overriding C, and so other modules which do this may cause issues if they aren't written properly. This also means that the effect is global, but this is typically the most useful usage. =head1 BUGS No known bugs. Please report any bugs through RT: email C, or browse to L. =head1 SUPPORT You can find this documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc circular::require You can also look for information at: =over 4 =item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation L =item * CPAN Ratings L =item * RT: CPAN's request tracker L =item * Search CPAN L =back =cut 1;