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.

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 <[email protected]> <http://wardley.org/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.