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NAME
       Eval::TypeTiny - utility to evaluate a string of Perl code in a clean
       environment

STATUS
       This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.

DESCRIPTION
       This module is used by Type::Tiny to compile coderefs from strings of
       Perl code, and hashrefs of variables to close over.

   Functions
       By default this module exports one function, which works much like the
       similarly named function from Eval::Closure:

       "eval_closure(source => $source, environment => \%env, %opt)"

       Other functions can be imported on request:

       "set_subname( $fully_qualified_name, $coderef )"
           Works like the similarly named function from Sub::Util, but will
           fallback to doing nothing if neither Sub::Util nor Sub::Name are
           available. Also will cowardly refuse the set the name of a coderef
           a second time if it's already named it.

       "type_to_coderef( $type, %options )"
           Turns a Type::Tiny object into a coderef, suitable for installing
           into a symbol table to create a function like "ArrayRef" or "Int".
           (Actually should work for any object which provides
           "is_parameterizable", "parameterize", and "qualified_name" methods,
           such as Type::Coercion.)

           $options{post_method} can be a string of Perl indicating a method
           to call on the type constraint before returning it. For example
           '->moose_type'.

           $options{description} can be a description of the coderef which may
           be shown in stack traces, etc.

           The coderef will be named using "set_subname" unless
           $options{anonymous} is true.

           If $type is undef, then it is assumed that the type constraint
           hasn't been defined yet but will later, yet you still want a
           function now.  $options{type_library} and $options{type_name} will
           be used to find the type constraint when the function gets called.

   Constants
       The following constants may be exported, but are not by default.

       "HAS_LEXICAL_SUBS"
           Boolean indicating whether Eval::TypeTiny has support for lexical
           subs.  (This feature requires Perl 5.18.)

       "ALIAS_IMPLEMENTATION"
           Returns a string indicating what implementation of "alias => 1" is
           being used. Eval::TypeTiny will automatically choose the best
           implementation.  This constant can be matched against the
           "IMPLEMENTAION_*" constants.

       "IMPLEMENTATION_NATIVE"
           If "ALIAS_IMPLEMENTATION eq IMPLEMENTATION_NATIVE" then
           Eval::TypeTiny is currently using Perl 5.22's native alias feature.
           This requires Perl 5.22.

       "IMPLEMENTATION_DEVEL_LEXALIAS"
           If "ALIAS_IMPLEMENTATION eq IMPLEMENTATION_DEVEL_LEXALIAS" then
           Eval::TypeTiny is currently using Devel::LexAlias to provide
           aliases.

       "IMPLEMENTATION_PADWALKER"
           If "ALIAS_IMPLEMENTATION eq IMPLEMENTATION_PADWALKER" then
           Eval::TypeTiny is currently using PadWalker to provide aliases.

       "IMPLEMENTATION_TIE"
           If "ALIAS_IMPLEMENTATION eq IMPLEMENTATION_TIE" then Eval::TypeTiny
           is using the fallback implementation of aliases using "tie". This
           is the slowest implementation, and may cause problems in certain
           edge cases, like trying to alias already-tied variables, but it's
           the only way to implement "alias => 1" without a recent version of
           Perl or one of the two optional modules mentioned above.

       "NICE_PROTOTYPES"
           If this is true, then type_to_coderef will give parameterizable
           type constraints the slightly nicer prototype of "(;$)" instead of
           the default "(;@)". This allows constructs like:

              ArrayRef[Int] | HashRef[Int]

           ... to "just work".

EVALUATION ENVIRONMENT
       The evaluation is performed in the presence of strict, but the absence
       of warnings. (This is different to Eval::Closure which enables warnings
       for compiled closures.)

       The feature pragma is not active in the evaluation environment, so the
       following will not work:

          use feature qw(say);
          use Eval::TypeTiny qw(eval_closure);

          my $say_all = eval_closure(
             source => 'sub { say for @_ }',
          );
          $say_all->("Hello", "World");

       The feature pragma does not "carry over" into the stringy eval. It is
       of course possible to import pragmas into the evaluated string as part
       of the string itself:

          use Eval::TypeTiny qw(eval_closure);

          my $say_all = eval_closure(
             source => 'sub { use feature qw(say); say for @_ }',
          );
          $say_all->("Hello", "World");

BUGS
       Please report any bugs to
       <https://github.com/tobyink/p5-type-tiny/issues>.

SEE ALSO
       Eval::Closure, Error::TypeTiny::Compilation.

AUTHOR
       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
       This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2023 by Toby Inkster.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
       THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

perl v5.36.0                      2023-02-01               Eval::TypeTiny(3pm)

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