Class: Object

Inherits:
BasicObject
Defined in:
lib/perl/ext/object.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#Perl(args = nil, &block) ⇒ Object

Evaluate Perl code.

You can provide the code as a String:

Perl 'print STDERR "hello world\n"'

An alternative is to pass a block, which will be evaluated in the context of a Perl::Interpreter instance. This means all Perl::Interpreter methods will be available, so you can write:

Perl do
  load 'test.pl'
  eval 'sub { ... }'
  run 'print "hi there!\n";'
end



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# File 'lib/perl/ext/object.rb', line 21

def Perl(args = nil, &block)
  @_perl ||= Perl::Interpreter.new

  if args
    @_perl.eval(args)
  else
    @_perl.instance_eval(&block)
  end
end