package Devel::GlobalDestruction; use strict; use warnings; our $VERSION = '0.14'; use Sub::Exporter::Progressive -setup => { exports => [ qw(in_global_destruction) ], groups => { default => [ -all ] }, }; # we run 5.14+ - everything is in core # if (defined ${^GLOBAL_PHASE}) { eval 'sub in_global_destruction () { ${^GLOBAL_PHASE} eq q[DESTRUCT] }; 1' or die $@; } # try to load the xs version if it was compiled # elsif (eval { require Devel::GlobalDestruction::XS; no warnings 'once'; *in_global_destruction = \&Devel::GlobalDestruction::XS::in_global_destruction; 1; }) { # the eval already installed everything, nothing to do } else { # internally, PL_main_cv is set to Nullcv immediately before entering # global destruction and we can use B to detect that. B::main_cv will # only ever be a B::CV or a B::SPECIAL that is a reference to 0 require B; eval 'sub in_global_destruction () { ${B::main_cv()} == 0 }; 1' or die $@; } 1; # keep require happy __END__ =head1 NAME Devel::GlobalDestruction - Provides function returning the equivalent of C<${^GLOBAL_PHASE} eq 'DESTRUCT'> for older perls. =head1 SYNOPSIS package Foo; use Devel::GlobalDestruction; use namespace::clean; # to avoid having an "in_global_destruction" method sub DESTROY { return if in_global_destruction; do_something_a_little_tricky(); } =head1 DESCRIPTION Perl's global destruction is a little tricky to deal with WRT finalizers because it's not ordered and objects can sometimes disappear. Writing defensive destructors is hard and annoying, and usually if global destruction is happening you only need the destructors that free up non process local resources to actually execute. For these constructors you can avoid the mess by simply bailing out if global destruction is in effect. =head1 EXPORTS This module uses L so the exports may be renamed, aliased, etc. if L is present. =over 4 =item in_global_destruction Returns true if the interpreter is in global destruction. In perl 5.14+, this returns C<${^GLOBAL_PHASE} eq 'DESTRUCT'>, and on earlier perls, detects it using the value of C or C. =back =head1 AUTHORS Yuval Kogman Enothingmuch@woobling.orgE Florian Ragwitz Erafl@debian.orgE Jesse Luehrs Edoy@tozt.netE Peter Rabbitson Eribasushi@cpan.orgE Arthur Axel 'fREW' Schmidt Efrioux@gmail.comE Elizabeth Mattijsen Eliz@dijkmat.nlE Greham Knop Ehaarg@haarg.orgE =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2008 Yuval Kogman. All rights reserved This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut