package Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitBooleanGrep; use 5.010001; use strict; use warnings; use Readonly; use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities :classification hashify }; use parent 'Perl::Critic::Policy'; our $VERSION = '1.152'; #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{"grep" used in boolean context}; Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => [71,72]; Readonly::Hash my %POSTFIX_CONDITIONALS => hashify( qw(if unless while until) ); Readonly::Hash my %BOOLEAN_OPERATORS => hashify( qw(&& || ! not or and)); #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub supported_parameters { return () } sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_LOW } sub default_themes { return qw( core pbp performance certrec ) } sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Word' } #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub violates { my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_; return if $elem->content() ne 'grep'; return if not is_function_call($elem); return if not _is_in_boolean_context($elem); return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem ); } #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _is_in_boolean_context { my ($token) = @_; return _does_prev_sibling_cause_boolean($token) || _does_parent_cause_boolean($token); } sub _does_prev_sibling_cause_boolean { my ($token) = @_; my $prev = $token->sprevious_sibling; return if !$prev; return 1 if $prev->isa('PPI::Token::Word') and $POSTFIX_CONDITIONALS{$prev}; return if not ($prev->isa('PPI::Token::Operator') and $BOOLEAN_OPERATORS{$prev}); my $next = $token->snext_sibling; return 1 if not $next; # bizarre: grep with no arguments # loose heuristic: unparenthesized grep has no following non-boolean operators return 1 if not $next->isa('PPI::Structure::List'); $next = $next->snext_sibling; return 1 if not $next; return 1 if $next->isa('PPI::Token::Operator') and $BOOLEAN_OPERATORS{$next}; return; } sub _does_parent_cause_boolean { my ($token) = @_; my $prev = $token->sprevious_sibling; return if $prev; my $parent = $token->statement->parent; for (my $node = $parent; $node; $node = $node->parent) { ## no critic (CStyleForLoop) next if $node->isa('PPI::Structure::List'); return 1 if $node->isa('PPI::Structure::Condition'); } return; } 1; __END__ #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =pod =head1 NAME Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitBooleanGrep - Use C from C, C, or C instead of C in boolean context. =head1 AFFILIATION This Policy is part of the core L distribution. =head1 DESCRIPTION Using C in boolean context is a common idiom for checking if any elements in a list match a condition. This works because boolean context is a subset of scalar context, and grep returns the number of matches in scalar context. A non-zero number of matches means a match. But consider the case of a long array where the first element is a match. Boolean C still checks all of the rest of the elements needlessly. Instead, a better solution is to use the C function from either L, L, or L. The C function will return as soon as a successful match is found, rather than processing the entire list. This saves time. =head1 CONFIGURATION This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options. =head1 CAVEATS The algorithm for detecting boolean context takes a LOT of shortcuts. There are lots of known false negatives. But, I was conservative in writing this, so I hope there are no false positives. =head1 AUTHOR Chris Dolan =head1 CREDITS Initial development of this policy was supported by a grant from the Perl Foundation. =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2007-2021 Chris Dolan. Many rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module. =cut # Local Variables: # mode: cperl # cperl-indent-level: 4 # fill-column: 78 # indent-tabs-mode: nil # c-indentation-style: bsd # End: # ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 tw=78 ft=perl expandtab shiftround :