overloading(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide overloading(3perl)
NAME
overloading - perl pragma to lexically control overloading
SYNOPSIS
{
no overloading;
my $str = "$object"; # doesn't call stringification overload
}
# it's lexical, so this stringifies:
warn "$object";
# it can be enabled per op
no overloading qw("");
warn "$object";
# and also reenabled
use overloading;
DESCRIPTION
This pragma allows you to lexically disable or enable overloading.
"no overloading"
Disables overloading entirely in the current lexical scope.
"no overloading @ops"
Disables only specific overloads in the current lexical scope.
"use overloading"
Reenables overloading in the current lexical scope.
"use overloading @ops"
Reenables overloading only for specific ops in the current lexical
scope.
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