custom META.yml

[perl/plp/.git] / PLP / Tie / Delay.pm

diff --git a/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm b/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm
index ea136b83091c835f00fbf86144d9e01f50573db1..bf7a7a71cc4a8e216a7807fe6013b99106fc955e 100644 (file)
--- a/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm
+++ b/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#--------------------------#
-  package PLP::Tie::Delay;
-#--------------------------#
+package PLP::Tie::Delay;
+
 use strict;
 no strict 'refs';
 
@@ -16,60 +15,67 @@ This module is part of the PLP internals and probably not of any use to others.
 =cut
 
 sub _replace {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    untie %{ $self->[0] };
-    %{ $self->[0] } = %{ $self->[1]->() };
+       my ($self) = @_;
+       untie %{ $self->[0] };
+
+       # I'd like to use *{ $self->[0] } = $self->[1]->(); here,
+       # but that causes all sorts of problems. The hash is accessible from
+       # within this sub, but not where its creation was triggered.
+       # Immediately after the triggering statement, the hash becomes available
+       # to all: even the scope where the previous access attempt failed.
+       
+       %{ $self->[0] } = %{ $self->[1]->() }
 }
 
 sub TIEHASH {
-    my ($class, $hash, $source) = @_;
-    return bless [ $hash, $source ], $class;
+       # my ($class, $hash, $source) = @_;
+       return bless [ @_[1, 2] ], $_[0];
 }
 
 sub FETCH {
-    my ($self, $key) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return ${ $self->[0] }{$key};
+       my ($self, $key) = @_;
+       $self->_replace;
+       return $self->[0]->{$key};
 }
 
 sub STORE {
-    my ($self, $key, $value) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return ${ $self->[0] }{$key} = $value;
+       my ($self, $key, $value) = @_;
+       $self->_replace;
+       return $self->[0]->{$key} = $value;
 }
 
 sub DELETE {
-    my ($self, $key) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return delete ${ $self->[0] }{$key};
+       my ($self, $key) = @_;
+       $self->_replace;
+       return delete $self->[0]->{$key};
 }
 
 sub CLEAR {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return %{ $self->[0] };
+       my ($self) = @_;
+       $self->_replace;
+       return %{ $self->[0] };
 }
 
 sub EXISTS {
-    my ($self, $key) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return exists ${ $self->[0] }{$key};
+       my ($self, $key) = @_;
+       $self->_replace;
+       return exists $self->[0]->{$key};
 }
 
 sub FIRSTKEY {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return 'PLPdummy';
+       my ($self) = @_;
+       $self->_replace;
+       return 'PLPdummy';
 }
 
 sub NEXTKEY {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    # Let's hope this never happens. (It's shouldn't.)
-    return undef;
+       # Let's hope this never happens. (It's shouldn't.)
+       return undef;
 }
 
 sub UNTIE   { }
-sub DESTORY { } 
+
+sub DESTROY { } 
 
 1;