added a brief proof-of-concept for loading/reloading additional functions on the

fly from within irssi scripts.

2 files changed, 84 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/feature-tests/subscript.pl b/feature-tests/subscript.pl
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+++ b/feature-tests/subscript.pl
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+use strict;
+use Irssi;
+use Irssi::TextUI; # for sbar_items_redraw
+
+use vars qw($VERSION %IRSSI);
+
+$VERSION = "0.1";
+
+%IRSSI = (
+	authors         => "shabble",
+	contact         => 'shabble+irssi@metavore.org, shabble@#irssi/Freenode',
+	name            => "",
+	description     => "",
+	license         => "Public Domain",
+	changed         => ""
+);
+
+my $functions = {};
+
+init();
+
+sub load {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $funcs;
+    if (-f $file) {
+        print "Loading from file: $file";
+        $funcs = do $file;
+    }
+
+    return unless ref $funcs eq 'HASH';
+    print "Got hashref from file";
+
+    foreach my $name (keys %$funcs) {
+        my $func = $funcs->{$name};
+        $functions->{$name} = $func;
+    }
+
+    $functions = $funcs;
+    print "Loaded " . scalar(keys(%$funcs)) . " functions";
+}
+
+sub init {
+    Irssi::command_bind('subload', \&cmd_subload);
+    Irssi::command_bind('sublist', \&cmd_sublist);
+    Irssi::command_bind('subcall', \&cmd_subcall);
+}
+
+sub cmd_subload {
+    my $args = shift;
+    print "Going to load: $args";
+    load($args);
+}
+
+sub cmd_sublist {
+    foreach my $name (keys %$functions) {
+        my $func = $functions->{$name};
+        print "Function: $name => $func";
+    }
+}
+
+sub cmd_subcall {
+    my $args = shift;
+    my ($cmd, $cmdargs);
+    if ($args =~ m/^(\w+\b)(.*)$/) {
+        $cmd = $1; $cmdargs = $2;
+    } else {
+        print "Couldn't parse $args";
+        return;
+    }
+    my $fun = $functions->{$cmd};
+
+    if (ref $fun eq 'CODE') {
+        print "Calling $cmd with $cmdargs";
+        $fun->($cmdargs);
+    } else {
+        print "$cmd is not a coderef. cannot run";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/feature-tests/test.sub b/feature-tests/test.sub
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+++ b/feature-tests/test.sub
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+{
+    'moo' => sub { print "Moo" },
+    'hello' => sub { print join(", ", @_) }
+};
+
+