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.IX Title "overloading 3pm"
.TH overloading 3pm 2023-11-28 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
overloading \- perl pragma to lexically control overloading
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 4
\&    {
\&        no overloading;
\&        my $str = "$object"; # doesn\*(Aqt call stringification overload
\&    }
\&
\&    # it\*(Aqs lexical, so this stringifies:
\&    warn "$object";
\&
\&    # it can be enabled per op
\&    no overloading qw("");
\&    warn "$object";
\&
\&    # and also reenabled
\&    use overloading;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This pragma allows you to lexically disable or enable overloading.
.ie n .IP """no overloading""" 6
.el .IP "\f(CWno overloading\fR" 6
.IX Item "no overloading"
Disables overloading entirely in the current lexical scope.
.ie n .IP """no overloading @ops""" 6
.el .IP "\f(CWno overloading @ops\fR" 6
.IX Item "no overloading @ops"
Disables only specific overloads in the current lexical scope.
.ie n .IP """use overloading""" 6
.el .IP "\f(CWuse overloading\fR" 6
.IX Item "use overloading"
Reenables overloading in the current lexical scope.
.ie n .IP """use overloading @ops""" 6
.el .IP "\f(CWuse overloading @ops\fR" 6
.IX Item "use overloading @ops"
Reenables overloading only for specific ops in the current lexical scope.