| overloading(3perl) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | overloading(3perl) |
overloading - perl pragma to lexically control overloading
{
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;
This pragma allows you to lexically disable or enable overloading.
| 2025-07-27 | perl v5.40.1 |