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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: avoid string eval for defining functions

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Jun 16, 2007, 00:22 UTC
Message-ID
<20070616002254.GB26502@untitled>
In-Reply-To
<11818790393274-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
> You don't need to use string eval to define new functions; assigning a
> code reference to the target symbol table is enough.
Cool.
Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
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> ---
>  git-svn.perl |   64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
>  1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
> index 4d35895..4ba0813 100755
> --- a/git-svn.perl
> +++ b/git-svn.perl
> @@ -38,14 +38,16 @@ use IPC::Open3;
>  use Git;
>  
>  BEGIN {
> -	my $s;
> +	# import functions from Git into our packages, en masse
> +	no strict 'refs';
>  	foreach (qw/command command_oneline command_noisy command_output_pipe
>  	            command_input_pipe command_close_pipe/) {
> -		$s .= "*SVN::Git::Editor::$_ = *SVN::Git::Fetcher::$_ = ".
> -		      "*Git::SVN::Migration::$_ = ".
> -		      "*Git::SVN::Log::$_ = *Git::SVN::$_ = *$_ = *Git::$_; ";
> +		for my $package ( qw(SVN::Git::Editor SVN::Git::Fetcher
> +			Git::SVN::Migration Git::SVN::Log Git::SVN),
> +			__PACKAGE__) {
> +			*{"${package}::$_"} = \&{"Git::$_"};
> +		}
>  	}
> -	eval $s;
>  }
>  
>  my ($SVN);
> @@ -898,26 +900,26 @@ BEGIN {
>  	# some options are read globally, but can be overridden locally
>  	# per [svn-remote "..."] section.  Command-line options will *NOT*
>  	# override options set in an [svn-remote "..."] section
> -	my $e;
> -	foreach (qw/follow_parent no_metadata use_svm_props
> -	            use_svnsync_props/) {
> -		my $key = $_;
> +	no strict 'refs';
> +	for my $option (qw/follow_parent no_metadata use_svm_props
> +			   use_svnsync_props/) {
> +		my $key = $option;
>  		$key =~ tr/_//d;
> -		$e .= "sub $_ {
> -			my (\$self) = \@_;
> -			return \$self->{-$_} if exists \$self->{-$_};
> -			my \$k = \"svn-remote.\$self->{repo_id}\.$key\";
> -			eval { command_oneline(qw/config --get/, \$k) };
> -			if (\$@) {
> -				\$self->{-$_} = \$Git::SVN::_$_;
> +		my $prop = "-$option";
> +		*$option = sub {
> +			my ($self) = @_;
> +			return $self->{$prop} if exists $self->{$prop};
> +			my $k = "svn-remote.$self->{repo_id}.$key";
> +			eval { command_oneline(qw/config --get/, $k) };
> +			if ($@) {
> +				$self->{$prop} = ${"Git::SVN::_$option"};
>  			} else {
> -				my \$v = command_oneline(qw/config --bool/,\$k);
> -				\$self->{-$_} = \$v eq 'false' ? 0 : 1;
> +				my $v = command_oneline(qw/config --bool/,$k);
> +				$self->{$prop} = $v eq 'false' ? 0 : 1;
>  			}
> -			return \$self->{-$_} }\n";
> +			return $self->{$prop};
> +		}
>  	}
> -	$e .= "1;\n";
> -	eval $e or die $@;
>  }
>  
>  my %LOCKFILES;
> @@ -2956,17 +2958,17 @@ my ($can_do_switch, %ignored_err, $RA);
>  
>  BEGIN {
>  	# enforce temporary pool usage for some simple functions
> -	my $e;
> -	foreach (qw/rev_proplist get_latest_revnum get_uuid get_repos_root/) {
> -		$e .= "sub $_ {
> -			my \$self = shift;
> -			my \$pool = SVN::Pool->new;
> -			my \@ret = \$self->SUPER::$_(\@_,\$pool);
> -			\$pool->clear;
> -			wantarray ? \@ret : \$ret[0]; }\n";
> +	no strict 'refs';
> +	for my $f (qw/rev_proplist get_latest_revnum get_uuid get_repos_root/) {
> +		my $SUPER = "SUPER::$f";
> +		*$f = sub {
> +			my $self = shift;
> +			my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
> +			my @ret = $self->$SUPER(@_,$pool);
> +			$pool->clear;
> +			wantarray ? @ret : $ret[0];
> +		};
>  	}
> -
> -	eval "$e; 1;" or die $@;
>  }
>  
>  sub new {
> -- 
> 1.5.2.0.45.gfea6d-dirty
> 
-- 
Eric Wong
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  1. git-svn: avoid string eval for defining functionsSam Vilain, Jun 15, 2007
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