overloading(3) - Linux man page

Name

overloading - perl pragma to lexically control overloading

Synopsis

{
    no overloading;
    my $str = "$object"; # doesn't call stringification overload
}

# it's lexical, so this stringifies:
warn "$object";

# it can be enabled per op
no overloading qw("");
warn "$object";

# and also reenabled
use overloading;

Description

This pragma allows you to lexically disable or enable overloading.

"no overloading"

Disables overloading entirely in the current lexical scope.

"no overloading @ops"

Disables only specific overloads in the current lexical scope.

"use overloading"

Reenables overloading in the current lexical scope.

"use overloading @ops"

Reenables overloading only for specific ops in the current lexical scope.