overloading(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide overloading(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

overloading - perl pragma to lexically control overloading

# [SYNOPSIS](#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](#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.

2026-10-27 perl v5.44.0

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Document: overloading(3pm) from perl 5.44.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)
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