overloading(3perl)

overloading3perl

Perl pragma to lexically control overloading

Usage

    {
        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;

Overview

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.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. Arch

From perl 5.44.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.