---
name: "Aspect::Pointcut::Highest"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libaspect-perl"
version: "1.04-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Aspect::Pointcut::Highest"
---

# Aspect::Pointcut::Highest(3pm)

Pointcut for preventing recursive matching

## NAME

Aspect::Pointcut::Highest - Pointcut for preventing recursive matching

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Aspect;

  # High-level creation
  my $pointcut1 = highest;

  # Manual creation
  my $pointcut2 = Aspect::Pointcut::Highest->new;
```

## DESCRIPTION

For aspects including timers and other Aspect::Advice::Around-based advice, recursion can be significant problem.

The `"highest"` pointcut solves this problem by matching only on the highest invocation of a function. If the function is called again recursively within the first call, at any depth, the deeper calls will be not match and the advice will not be executed.

## AUTHORS

Adam Kennedy \<adamk@cpan.org\>

Marcel Grünauer \<marcel@cpan.org\>

Ran Eilam \<eilara@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 by Marcel Grünauer

Some parts copyright 2009 - 2013 Adam Kennedy.

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