NAME
Template::Namespace::Constants - Compile time constant folding
SYNOPSIS
# easy way to define constants
use Template;
my $tt = Template->new({
CONSTANTS => {
pi => 3.14,
e => 2.718,
},
});
# nitty-gritty, hands-dirty way
use Template::Namespace::Constants;
my $tt = Template->new({
NAMESPACE => {
constants => Template::Namespace::Constants->new({
pi => 3.14,
e => 2.718,
},
},
});DESCRIPTION
The Template::Namespace::Constants module implements a namespace handler which is plugged into the Template::Directive compiler module. This then performs compile time constant folding of variables in a particular namespace.
PUBLIC METHODS
new(\%constants)
The new() constructor method creates and returns a reference to a new Template::Namespace::Constants object. This creates an internal stash to store the constant variable definitions passed as arguments.
my $handler = Template::Namespace::Constants->new({
pi => 3.14,
e => 2.718,
});ident(\@ident)
Method called to resolve a variable identifier into a compiled form. In this case, the method fetches the corresponding constant value from its internal stash and returns it.
AUTHOR
Andy Wardley <abw@andywardley.com>
VERSION
1.20, distributed as part of the Template Toolkit version 2.12, released on 12 January 2004.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1996-2004 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1998-2002 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd.This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.