Perl::AtEndOfScope - run some code when a variable goes out of scope

NAME

Perl::AtEndOfScope - run some code when a variable goes out of scope

SYNOPSIS

  use Perl::AtEndOfScope;
  use Cwd;
  {
    my $restorecwd=Perl::AtEndOfScope->new( sub{chdir $_[0]}, getcwd );
    chdir '/path/to/some/directory';
    ...
  }
  # now we are back to the old cwd

DESCRIPTION

It's often necessary to do some cleanup at the end of a scope. This module creates a Perl object and executes arbitrary code when the object goes out of scope.

METHODS

Perl::AtEndOfScope-new( $sub, @args ) >>: the constructor. The code reference passed in $sub is called with @args as parameter list when the object is destroyed.
DESTROY( $self ): the destructor.

EXPORT

Not an Exporter.

AUTHOR

Torsten Foertsch, <torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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

Perl::AtEndOfScope - run some code when a variable goes out of scope