package Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls; use 5.010001; use strict; use warnings; use Readonly; use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :characters :severities :data_conversion :classification }; use parent 'Perl::Critic::Policy'; our $VERSION = '1.152'; #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Readonly::Hash my %PAGES_OF => ( if => [ 93, 94 ], unless => [ 96, 97 ], until => [ 96, 97 ], for => [ 96 ], foreach => [ 96 ], while => [ 96 ], when => q, ); #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub supported_parameters { return ( { name => 'allow', description => 'The permitted postfix controls.', default_string => $EMPTY, behavior => 'enumeration', enumeration_values => [ sort keys %PAGES_OF ], enumeration_allow_multiple_values => 1, }, { name => 'flowcontrol', description => 'The exempt flow control functions.', default_string => 'carp cluck confess croak die exit goto warn', behavior => 'string list', }, ); } sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_LOW } sub default_themes { return qw(core pbp cosmetic) } sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Word' } #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub violates { my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_; my $expl = $PAGES_OF{$elem}; return if not $expl; return if is_hash_key($elem); return if is_method_call($elem); return if is_subroutine_name($elem); return if is_included_module_name($elem); return if is_package_declaration($elem); # Skip controls that are allowed return if exists $self->{_allow}->{ $elem->content() }; # Skip Compound variety (these are good) my $stmnt = $elem->statement(); return if not $stmnt; return if $stmnt->isa('PPI::Statement::Compound'); return if $stmnt->isa('PPI::Statement::When'); # Handle special cases my $content = $elem->content(); if ($content eq 'if' or $content eq 'when') { # Postfix 'if' allowed with loop breaks, or other # flow-controls like 'die', 'warn', and 'croak' return if $stmnt->isa('PPI::Statement::Break'); return if defined $self->{_flowcontrol}{ $stmnt->schild(0)->content() }; } # If we get here, it must be postfix. my $desc = qq{Postfix control "$content" used}; return $self->violation($desc, $expl, $elem); } 1; __END__ =pod =for stopwords flowcontrol brian foy =head1 NAME Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls - Write C instead of C. =head1 AFFILIATION This Policy is part of the core L distribution. =head1 DESCRIPTION Conway discourages using postfix control structures (C, C, C, C, C, C) because they hide control flow. The C and C controls are particularly evil because they lead to double-negatives that are hard to comprehend. The only tolerable usage of a postfix C/C is when it follows a loop break such as C, C, C, or C. do_something() if $condition; # not ok if ($condition) { do_something() } # ok do_something() while $condition; # not ok while ($condition) { do_something() } # ok do_something() unless $condition; # not ok do_something() unless ! $condition; # really bad if (! $condition) { do_something() } # ok do_something() until $condition; # not ok do_something() until ! $condition; # really bad while (! $condition) { do_something() } # ok do_something($_) for @list; # not ok LOOP: for my $n (0..100) { next if $condition; # ok last LOOP if $other_condition; # also ok next when m< 0 \z >xms; # fine too } =head1 CONFIGURATION A set of constructs to be ignored by this policy can specified by giving a value for 'allow' of a string of space-delimited keywords: C, C, C, C, C, and/or C. An example of specifying allowed flow-control structures in a F<.perlcriticrc> file: [ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls] allow = for if until By default, all postfix control keywords are prohibited. The set of flow-control functions that are exempt from the restriction can also be configured with the 'flowcontrol' directive in your F<.perlcriticrc> file: [ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls] flowcontrol = warn die carp croak cluck confess goto exit This is useful if you're using additional modules that add things like C or C. =head1 NOTES The C, C, and C functions are frequently used as flow-controls just like C or C. So this Policy does permit you to use a postfix C when the statement begins with one of those functions. It is also pretty common to use C, C, and C with a postfix C, so those are allowed too. The C keyword was added to the language after Perl Best Practices was written. This policy treats C the same way it does C, i.e. it's allowed after flow-control constructs. Thanks to brian d foy for the L. =head1 BUGS Look for the C case and change the explanation to point to page 123 when it is found. RT #37905. =head1 AUTHOR Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Imaginative Software Systems. All 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 :