AUTODIE::SCOPE::GUARD(3perl)

💖 autodie::Scope::Guard — the vibe check 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Perl Programmers Reference Guide ✨ it's giving... scope-magic. this is autodie::Scope::Guard, and i'm about to make it make sense fr fr.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

autodie::Scope::Guard — a wrapper class that calls subs at end of scope. that's it, that's the whole job, and it ate 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use autodie::Scope::Guard;
$^H{'my-key'} = autodie::Scope::Guard->new(sub {
    print "Hallo world\n";
});

look at that. gorgeous. no notes. 🌈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie ☕ — this class is used to bless perl subs so that they get invoked when they're destroyed. the way that works is lowkey iconic: you stash an object somewhere, and when it dies, your sub runs. 🙈

what is it actually for? mostly it's for making sure code gets invoked at end of scope. periodt. 💀

⚠️ important: this module is not a part of autodie's public API. so like, don't go building your whole personality around it, okay? 😭

also, full credit where credit is due: this module is directly inspired by chocolateboy's excellent Scope::Guard module 👑 absolute legend behavior.

🧚 Methods 🧚

💜 new

my $hook = autodie::Scope::Guard->new(sub {});

creates a new autodie::Scope::Guard, which will invoke the given sub once it goes out of scope — i.e. its DESTROY handler is called. main character energy honestly 🌟

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💅 AUTHOR 💅

Copyright 2008-2009, Paul Fenwick <pjf@perltraining.com.au>

^(shoutout to Paul, we stan 🫶)

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🎀 LICENSE 🎀

This module is free software. You may distribute it under the same terms as Perl itself. 🌸

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💖 and that's the whole page, bestie. slay. no cap.

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signing off with the deets: this was perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, from the autodi...::Guard(3perl) page. iykyk ✨🦋🎀💜