selfvars - Provide $self, @args, %opts and %hopts variables for OO programs

    package MyClass;

    ### Import $self, @args, %opts and %hopts into your package:
    use selfvars;

    ### Or name the variables explicitly:
    # use selfvars -self => 'self', -args => 'args', -opts => 'opts', -hopts => 'hopts';

    ### Write the constructor as usual:
    sub new {
        return bless({}, shift);
    }

    ### Use $self in place of $_[0]:
    sub foo {
        $self->{foo};
    }

    ### Use @args in place of @_[1..$#_]:
    sub bar {
        my ($foo, $bar) = @args;
        $self->{foo} = $foo;
        $self->{bar} = $bar;
    }

    ### Use %opts in place of %{$_[1]}:
    sub baz {
        $self->{x} = $opts{x};
        $self->{y} = $opts{y};
    }

    ### Use %hopts with $obj->yada( x => 1, y => 2 ) call syntax
    sub yada {
        $self->{x} = $hopts{x}
        $self->{y} = $hopts{y}
    }

    my $self = shift;

    $self = 'foo';              # error
    my $foo = shift @args;      # error
    $hopts{x} = 'y';            # error
    delete $hopts{x};           # error

    $opts{x} = 'y';             # okay
    delete $opts{x};            # also okay

    # Use $this and @vars instead of $self and @args, leaving %opts and %hopts alone:
    use selfvars -self => 'this', -args => 'vars', -opts, -hopts;

    # Use $this but leave @args, %opts and %hopts alone:
    use selfvars -self => 'this', -args, -opts, -hopts;

    # Use @vars but leave $self, %opts and %hopts alone:
    use selfvars -args => 'vars', -self, -opts, -hopts;

    # Import $self but not @args, %opts nor %hopts:
    use selfvars -self => 'self';

    # Same as the above:
    use selfvars -self;

    # Import $self and %opts but not @args nor %hopts:
    use selfvars -self, -opts;

    <gugod> audreyt: selfvars.pm looks exactly like what I want self.pm to be in the beginning
    <gugod> audreyt: but I can't sort out the last BEGIN{} block like you did.
    <gugod> audreyt: that's a great job :D

package selfvars;
use 5.005;
use strict;
use vars qw( $VERSION $self @args %opts %hopts );

BEGIN {
    $VERSION = '0.32';
}

sub import {
    my $class = shift; # Oooh, the irony!
    my %vars  = (-self => undef, -args => undef, -opts => undef, -hopts => undef) unless @_;

    while (@_) {
        my $key = shift;
        if (@_ and $_[0] !~ /^-/) {
            $vars{$key} = shift;
        }
        else {
            $vars{$key} = undef;
        }
    }

    my $pkg = caller;

    no strict 'refs';
    my %map = (self => \$self, args => \@args, opts => \%opts, hopts => \%hopts);
    while (my ($sym, $var) = each %map) {
        exists $vars{"-$sym"} or next;
        $vars{"-$sym"} = $sym unless defined $vars{"-$sym"};
        *{"$pkg\::$vars{qq[-$sym]}"} = $var;
    }
}

package selfvars::self;

sub TIESCALAR {
    my $x;
    bless \$x => $_[0];
}

sub FETCH {
    my $level = 1;
    my @c     = ();
    while ( !defined( $c[3] ) || $c[3] eq '(eval)' ) {
        @c = do {
            package DB;
            @DB::args = ();
            caller($level);
        };
        $level++;
    }
    $DB::args[0];
}

sub STORE {
    require Carp;
    Carp::croak('Modification of a read-only $self attempted');
}

package selfvars::args;
use Tie::Array ();
use vars qw(@ISA);
BEGIN { @ISA = 'Tie::Array' }

sub _args {
    my $level = 2;
    my @c;
    while ( !defined( $c[3] ) || $c[3] eq '(eval)' ) {
        @c = do {
            package DB;
            @DB::args = ();
            caller($level);
        };
        $level++;
    }
    \@DB::args;
}

sub readonly { require Carp; Carp::croak('Modification of a read-only @args attempted'); }

sub TIEARRAY  { my $x; bless \$x => $_[0] }
sub FETCHSIZE { scalar $#{ _args() } }
sub STORESIZE { goto &readonly } # $#{ _args() } = $_[1] + 1;
sub STORE     { _args()->[ $_[1] + 1 ] = $_[2] }
sub FETCH     { _args()->[ $_[1] + 1 ] }
sub CLEAR     { goto &readonly } # $#{ _args() } = 0; 
sub POP       { goto &readonly } # my $o = _args(); (@$o > 1) ? pop(@$o) : undef
sub PUSH      { goto &readonly } # my $o = _args(); push( @$o, @_ )
sub SHIFT     { goto &readonly } # my $o = _args(); splice( @$o, 1, 1 ) 
sub UNSHIFT   { goto &readonly } # my $o = _args(); unshift( @$o, @_ ) 
sub DELETE    { goto &readonly } # my $o = _args(); delete $o->[ $_[1] + 1 ]
sub SPLICE    { goto &readonly } 
    # my $ob  = shift;
    # my $sz  = $ob->FETCHSIZE;
    # my $off = @_ ? shift : 0;
    # $off += $sz if $off < 0;
    # my $len = @_ ? shift : $sz - $off;
    # splice( @$ob, $off + 1, $len, @_ );

BEGIN {
    local $@;
    eval q{
                sub EXISTS    {
                        my $o = _args(); exists $o->[ $_[1] + 1 ]
                }
        } if $] >= 5.006;
}

package selfvars::opts;

sub _opts {
    my $level = 2;
    my @c;
    while ( !defined( $c[3] ) || $c[3] eq '(eval)' ) {
        @c = do {
            package DB;
            @DB::args = ();
            caller($level);
        };
        $level++;
    }
    $DB::args[1];
}

sub TIEHASH  { my $x; bless \$x => $_[0] }
sub FETCH    { _opts()->{ $_[1] } }
sub STORE    { _opts()->{ $_[1] } = $_[2] }
sub FIRSTKEY { my $o = _opts(); my $a = scalar keys %$o; each %$o }
sub NEXTKEY  { my $o = _opts(); each %$o }
sub EXISTS   { my $o = _opts(); exists $o->{$_[1]} }
sub DELETE   { my $o = _opts(); delete $o->{$_[1]} }
sub CLEAR    { my $o = _opts(); %$o = () }
sub SCALAR   { my $o = _opts(); scalar %$o }

package selfvars::hopts;

sub _opts {
    my $level = 2;
    my @c;
    while ( !defined( $c[3] ) || $c[3] eq '(eval)' ) {
        @c = do {
            package DB;
            @DB::args = ();
            caller($level);
        };
        $level++;
    }
    shift @DB::args;
    @DB::args;
}

sub readonly { require Carp; Carp::croak('Modification of a read-only %hopts attempted'); }

sub TIEHASH  { my $x; bless \$x => $_[0] }
sub FETCH    { my (%o) = _opts(); $o{ $_[1] } }
sub STORE    { goto &readonly }
sub FIRSTKEY { my (%o) = _opts(); my $a = scalar keys %o; each %o }
sub NEXTKEY  { }
sub EXISTS   { my (%o) = _opts(); exists $o{$_[1]} }
sub DELETE   { goto &readonly }
sub CLEAR    { goto &readonly }
sub SCALAR   { my (%o) = _opts(); scalar %o }


package selfvars;

BEGIN {
    tie $self => __PACKAGE__ . '::self';
    tie @args => __PACKAGE__ . '::args';
    tie %opts => __PACKAGE__ . '::opts';
    tie %hopts => __PACKAGE__ . '::hopts';
}

1;

__END__