Perl decorators
One of the great things that I enjoy about Python, are the decorators. I try to use them whenever possible in my Python projects, and sorely miss them at times in my Perl projects.
Last week I was thinking of profiling my Perl applications remotely and was pining for decorators. With Perl 5.10 lacking decorators, I created a Perl filter package to create “decorator like” syntax-sugar to support the emission of certain metrics like:
– Label assigned to function
– Time elapsed
– Return val
This triplet is then sent via UDP to some listener that can do with it as it may. Aggregate it, store it in a noSQL store, whatever.
Categorised as: Perl
Peter, have you played with perl attributes?
Damnit, that’s EXACTLY what I was looking for. I hate re-inventing the wheel.