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# overloading

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# overloading

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- DESCRIPTION

# NAME

overloading - perl pragma to lexically control overloading

# SYNOPSIS

        {	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;

# DESCRIPTION

This pragma allows you to lexically disable or enable overloading.

- `no overloading`

  Disables overloading entirely in the current lexical scope.

- `no overloading @ops`

  Disables only specific overloads in the current lexical scope.

- `use overloading`

  Reenables overloading in the current lexical scope.

- `use overloading @ops`

  Reenables overloading only for specific ops in the current lexical scope.

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