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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/perl.scm | 24 |
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm index e72614786f..e166ae04e7 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm @@ -2439,6 +2439,30 @@ codes.") safely on things that may not be objects.") (license (package-license perl)))) +(define-public perl-scope-guard + (package + (name "perl-scope-guard") + (version "0.20") + (source + (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CH/CHOCOLATE/" + "Scope-Guard-" version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1lsagnz6pli035zvx5c1x4qm9fabi773vns86yd8lzfpldhfv3sv")))) + (build-system perl-build-system) + (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Scope-Guard") + (synopsis "Lexically-scoped resource management") + (description "This module provides a convenient way to perform cleanup or +other forms of resource management at the end of a scope. It is particularly +useful when dealing with exceptions: the Scope::Guard constructor takes a +reference to a subroutine that is guaranteed to be called even if the thread +of execution is aborted prematurely. This effectively allows lexically-scoped +\"promises\" to be made that are automatically honoured by perl's garbage +collector.") + (license (package-license perl)))) + (define-public perl-stream-buffered (package (name "perl-stream-buffered") |