NAME Attribute::Overload - Attribute that makes overloading easier VERSION version 1.100710 SYNOPSIS use Attribute::Overload; sub add : Overload(+) { # ... } DESCRIPTION The "Overload" attribute, when used on a subroutine, declares that subroutine as the handler in the current package for the operation(s) indicated by the attribute options. Thus it frees you from the implementation details of how to declare overloads and keeps the definitions where they belong, with the operation handlers. For details of which operations can be overloaded and what the overloading function gets passed see the overload manpage. Note that you can't overload constants this way, since this has to happen during BEGIN time, but attributes are only evaluated at CHECK time, at least as far as Attribute::Handlers is concerned. INSTALLATION See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules. BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at . AVAILABILITY The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you, or see . The development version lives at . Instead of sending patches, please fork this project using the standard git and github infrastructure. AUTHOR Marcel Gruenauer COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2001 by Marcel Gruenauer. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.