NAME

       Mason::Plugin::DollarDot - Allow $. as substitution for $self-> and in attribute names

SYNOPSIS

           <%class>
           has 'name';
           has 'date';
           </%class>

           <%method greet>
           Hello, <% $.name %>. Today is <% $.date %>.
           </%method>

           ...
           % $.greet();

           <%init>
           # Set the date
           $.date(scalar(localtime));
           # or, if combined with LvalueAttributes
           $.date = scalar(localtime);
           </%init>

DESCRIPTION

       This plugin substitutes "$.identifier" for "$self->identifier" in all Perl code inside
       components, so that $. can be used when referring to attributes and calling methods. The
       actual regex is

           s/ \$\.([^\W\d]\w*) / \$self->$1 /gx;

RATIONALE

       In Mason 2, components have to write "$self->" a lot to refer to attributes that were
       simple scalars in Mason 1. This eases the transition pain.  $. was chosen because of its
       similar use in Perl 6.

       This plugin falls under the heading of gratuitous source filtering, which the author
       generally agrees is Evil. That said, this is a very limited filter, and seems unlikely to
       break any legitimate Perl syntax other than use of the $. special variable (input line
       number).

BUGS

       Will not interpolate as expected inside double quotes:

           "My name is $.name"   # nope

       instead you have to do

           "My name is " . $.name

SEE ALSO

       Mason

AUTHOR

       Jonathan Swartz <swartz@pobox.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Jonathan Swartz.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.