From 9b61f78189993a7bdc82b034ea64cd1a66084f66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Luehrs Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 01:22:51 -0500 Subject: docs --- lib/Eval/Closure.pm | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/Eval/Closure.pm b/lib/Eval/Closure.pm index 4a39ed2..ccd2bbc 100644 --- a/lib/Eval/Closure.pm +++ b/lib/Eval/Closure.pm @@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ String eval is often used for dynamic code generation. For instance, C uses it heavily, to generate inlined versions of accessors and constructors, which speeds code up at runtime by a significant amount. String eval is not without its issues however - it's difficult to control the scope it's used in -(which determines which variables are in scope inside the eval). +(which determines which variables are in scope inside the eval), and it's easy +to miss compilation errors, since eval catches them and sticks them in $@ +instead. -This module attempts to solve this problem. It provides an C +This module attempts to solve these problems. It provides an C function, which evals a string in a clean environment, other than a fixed list -of specified variables. +of specified variables. Compilation errors are rethrown automatically. =cut -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf