fields-aliased version 1.01 =========================== NAME fields::aliased - create aliases for fields SYNOPSIS package MyPackage; use strict; use fields::aliased; use fields qw($scalar @array %hash); sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = fields::aliased::new($class); use fields::aliased qw($self $scalar @array %hash); $scalar = 1; @array = ('foo', 'bar'); %hash = ('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'huh?'); return $self; } sub myMethod { my MyPackage $self = shift; use fields::aliased qw($self $scalar @array %hash); ... } DESCRIPTION This module is a companion to the 'fields' module, which allows efficient handling of instance variables with checking at compile time. 'fields::aliased' goes one step further and creates lexical aliases to the fields used by a method, so that they can be used as regular lexical variables. This makes code shorter and also easier to read. INSTALLATION To install this module, use the standard incantation: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: Tie::IxHash, Filter::Util::Call, Test::More (for the tests) COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2004 by Kevin Michael Vail This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. AUTHOR Kevin Michael Vail