package Eval::Closure; BEGIN { $Eval::Closure::AUTHORITY = 'cpan:DOY'; } $Eval::Closure::VERSION = '0.14'; use strict; use warnings; # ABSTRACT: safely and cleanly create closures via string eval use Exporter 'import'; @Eval::Closure::EXPORT = @Eval::Closure::EXPORT_OK = 'eval_closure'; use Carp; use overload (); use Scalar::Util qw(reftype); use constant HAS_LEXICAL_SUBS => $] >= 5.018; sub eval_closure { my (%args) = @_; # default to copying environment $args{alias} = 0 if !exists $args{alias}; $args{source} = _canonicalize_source($args{source}); _validate_env($args{environment} ||= {}); $args{source} = _line_directive(@args{qw(line description)}) . $args{source} if defined $args{description} && !($^P & 0x10); my ($code, $e) = _clean_eval_closure(@args{qw(source environment alias)}); if (!$code) { if ($args{terse_error}) { die "$e\n"; } else { croak("Failed to compile source: $e\n\nsource:\n$args{source}") } } return $code; } sub _canonicalize_source { my ($source) = @_; if (defined($source)) { if (ref($source)) { if (reftype($source) eq 'ARRAY' || overload::Method($source, '@{}')) { return join "\n", @$source; } elsif (overload::Method($source, '""')) { return "$source"; } else { croak("The 'source' parameter to eval_closure must be a " . "string or array reference"); } } else { return $source; } } else { croak("The 'source' parameter to eval_closure is required"); } } sub _validate_env { my ($env) = @_; croak("The 'environment' parameter must be a hashref") unless reftype($env) eq 'HASH'; for my $var (keys %$env) { if (HAS_LEXICAL_SUBS) { croak("Environment key '$var' should start with \@, \%, \$, or \&") if index('$@%&', substr($var, 0, 1)) < 0; } else { croak("Environment key '$var' should start with \@, \%, or \$") if index('$@%', substr($var, 0, 1)) < 0; } croak("Environment values must be references, not $env->{$var}") unless ref($env->{$var}); } } sub _line_directive { my ($line, $description) = @_; $line = 1 unless defined($line); return qq{#line $line "$description"\n}; } sub _clean_eval_closure { my ($source, $captures, $alias) = @_; my @capture_keys = keys %$captures; if ($ENV{EVAL_CLOSURE_PRINT_SOURCE}) { _dump_source(_make_compiler_source($source, $alias, @capture_keys)); } my ($compiler, $e) = _make_compiler($source, $alias, @capture_keys); return (undef, $e) unless defined $compiler; my $code = $compiler->(@$captures{@capture_keys}); if (!defined $code) { return ( undef, "The 'source' parameter must return a subroutine reference, " . "not undef" ) } if (!ref($code) || ref($code) ne 'CODE') { return ( undef, "The 'source' parameter must return a subroutine reference, not " . ref($code) ) } if ($alias) { require Devel::LexAlias; Devel::LexAlias::lexalias($code, $_, $captures->{$_}) for grep substr($_, 0, 1) ne '&', @capture_keys; } return ($code, $e); } sub _make_compiler { my $source = _make_compiler_source(@_); _clean_eval($source) } sub _clean_eval { local $@; local $SIG{__DIE__}; my $compiler = eval $_[0]; my $e = $@; ( $compiler, $e ) } $Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID = 0; sub _make_compiler_source { my ($source, $alias, @capture_keys) = @_; $Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID++; my $i = 0; return join "\n", ( "package Eval::Closure::Sandbox_$Eval::Closure::SANDBOX_ID;", 'sub {', (map { _make_lexical_assignment($_, $i++, $alias) } @capture_keys), $source, '}', ); } sub _make_lexical_assignment { my ($key, $index, $alias) = @_; my $sigil = substr($key, 0, 1); my $name = substr($key, 1); if (HAS_LEXICAL_SUBS && $sigil eq '&') { my $tmpname = '$__' . $name . '__' . $index; return 'use feature "lexical_subs"; ' . 'no warnings "experimental::lexical_subs"; ' . 'my ' . $tmpname . ' = $_[' . $index . ']; ' . 'my sub ' . $name . ' { goto ' . $tmpname . ' }'; } if ($alias) { return 'my ' . $key . ';'; } else { return 'my ' . $key . ' = ' . $sigil . '{$_[' . $index . ']};'; } } sub _dump_source { my ($source) = @_; my $output; local $@; if (eval { require Perl::Tidy; 1 }) { Perl::Tidy::perltidy( source => \$source, destination => \$output, argv => [], ); } else { $output = $source; } warn "$output\n"; } 1; __END__ =pod =encoding UTF-8 =head1 NAME Eval::Closure - safely and cleanly create closures via string eval =head1 VERSION version 0.14 =head1 SYNOPSIS use Eval::Closure; my $code = eval_closure( source => 'sub { $foo++ }', environment => { '$foo' => \1, }, ); warn $code->(); # 1 warn $code->(); # 2 my $code2 = eval_closure( source => 'sub { $code->() }', ); # dies, $code isn't in scope =head1 DESCRIPTION String eval is often used for dynamic code generation. For instance, C uses it heavily, to generate inlined versions of accessors and constructors, which speeds code up at runtime by a significant amount. String eval is not without its issues however - it's difficult to control the scope it's used in (which determines which variables are in scope inside the eval), and it's easy to miss compilation errors, since eval catches them and sticks them in $@ instead. This module attempts to solve these problems. It provides an C function, which evals a string in a clean environment, other than a fixed list of specified variables. Compilation errors are rethrown automatically. =head1 FUNCTIONS =head2 eval_closure(%args) This function provides the main functionality of this module. It is exported by default. It takes a hash of parameters, with these keys being valid: =over 4 =item source The string to be evaled. It should end by returning a code reference. It can access any variable declared in the C parameter (and only those variables). It can be either a string, or an arrayref of lines (which will be joined with newlines to produce the string). =item environment The environment to provide to the eval. This should be a hashref, mapping variable names (including sigils) to references of the appropriate type. For instance, a valid value for environment would be C<< { '@foo' => [] } >> (which would allow the generated function to use an array named C<@foo>). Generally, this is used to allow the generated function to access externally defined variables (so you would pass in a reference to a variable that already exists). In perl 5.18 and greater, the environment hash can contain variables with a sigil of C<&>. This will create a lexical sub in the evaluated code (see L). Using a C<&> sigil on perl versions before lexical subs were available will throw an error. =item alias If set to true, the coderef returned closes over the variables referenced in the environment hashref. (This feature requires L.) If set to false, the coderef closes over a I<< shallow copy >> of the variables. If this argument is omitted, Eval::Closure will currently assume false, but this assumption may change in a future version. =item description This lets you provide a bit more information in backtraces. Normally, when a function that was generated through string eval is called, that stack frame will show up as "(eval n)", where 'n' is a sequential identifier for every string eval that has happened so far in the program. Passing a C parameter lets you override that to something more useful (for instance, L overrides the description for accessors to something like "accessor foo at MyClass.pm, line 123"). =item line This lets you override the particular line number that appears in backtraces, much like the C option. The default is 1. =item terse_error Normally, this function appends the source code that failed to compile, and prepends some explanatory text. Setting this option to true suppresses that behavior so you get only the compilation error that Perl actually reported. =back =head1 BUGS No known bugs. Please report any bugs to GitHub Issues at L. =head1 SEE ALSO =over 4 =item * L This module is a factoring out of code that used to live here =back =head1 SUPPORT You can find this documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Eval::Closure You can also look for information at: =over 4 =item * MetaCPAN L =item * Github L =item * RT: CPAN's request tracker L =item * CPAN Ratings L =back =head1 NOTES Based on code from L, by Stevan Little and the Moose Cabal. =head1 AUTHOR Jesse Luehrs =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Jesse Luehrs. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut