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package Filter::Macro;
$Filter::Macro::VERSION = '0.11';

use strict;
use Filter::Simple::Compile sub {
    $_ = quotemeta($_);
    s/\\\n/\n/g;
    $_ = sprintf(q(
        use Filter::Simple::Compile sub {
            $_ = join("\n",
                '#line '.(__LINE__+1).' '.__FILE__,
                "%s",
                '#line %s %s',
                $_,
            );
        };
        1;
    ), $_, (caller(6))[2]+1, (caller(6))[1]);
};

1;

=head1 NAME

Filter::Macro - Make macro modules that are expanded inline

=head1 VERSION

This document describes version 0.11 of Filter::Macro, released
May 11, 2006.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

In F:

    package MyHandyModules;
    use Filter::Macro;
    # lines below will be expanded into caller's code
    use strict;
    use warnings;
    use Switch;
    use IO::All;
    use Quantum::Superpositions;

In your program or module:

    use MyHandyModules; # lines above are expanded here

=head1 DESCRIPTION

If many of your programs begin with the same lines, it may make sense to
abstract them away into a module, and C that module instead.

Sadly, it does not work that way, because by default, all lexical pragmas,
source filters and subroutine imports invoked in F takes
effect in that module, I the calling programs.

One way to solve this problem is to use B:

    use Filter::Include;
    include MyHandyModules;

However, it would be really nice if F could define the
macro-like semantic itself, instead of placing the burden on the caller.

This module lets you do precisely that.  All you need to do is to put one
line in F, after the C line:

    use Filter::Macro;

With this, a program or module that says C will expand
lines below C into their own code, instead of the default
semantic of evaluating them in the C package.

Line numbers in error and warning messages are unaffected by this module;
they still point to the correct file name and line numbers.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L, L

=head1 AUTHORS

Audrey Tang [e-mail]

Based on Damian Conway's concept, covered in his excellent I
Advanced Technologies> talk.

=head1 COPYRIGHT (The "MIT" License)

Copyright 2004, 2006 by Audrey Tang [e-mail].

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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