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| overloading(3perl) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | overloading(3perl) |
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.
| 2025-08-24 | perl v5.42.0 |