# Copyright 2008, 2009 Kevin Ryde # This file is part of Perl-Critic-Pulp. # Perl-Critic-Pulp is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the # Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later # version. # # Perl-Critic-Pulp is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY # or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License # for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with Perl-Critic-Pulp. If not, see . package Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::UnexpandedSpecialLiteral; use 5.006; use strict; use warnings; use List::Util qw(min max); use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy'; use Perl::Critic::Utils qw(:severities is_perl_builtin is_perl_builtin_with_no_arguments precedence_of); our $VERSION = 22; sub supported_parameters { return (); } sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_MEDIUM; } sub default_themes { return qw(pulp bugs); } sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Word'; } my %specials = ('__FILE__' => 1, '__LINE__' => 1, '__PACKAGE__' => 1); sub violates { my ($self, $elem, $document) = @_; $specials{$elem} or return; if (is_left_of_big_comma ($elem)) { return $self->violation ("$elem is the literal string '$elem' on the left of a =>", '', $elem); } if (is_solo_subscript ($elem)) { return $self->violation ("$elem is the literal string '$elem' in a hash subscript", '', $elem); } return; } # Perl::Critic::Utils::is_hash_key() does a similar this to the following # tests, identifying something on the left of "=>", or in a "{}" subscript. # But here want to distinguish those two cases since the subscript is only a # violation if $elem also has no siblings. (Separate cases allow a custom # error message too.) # # { __FILE__ => 123 } # ( __FILE__ => 123 ) # sub is_left_of_big_comma { my ($elem) = @_; my $next = $elem->snext_sibling || return 0; # nothing following return ($next->isa('PPI::Token::Operator') && $next->content eq '=>'); } # $hash{__FILE__} # # PPI::Structure::Subscript { ... } # PPI::Statement::Expression # PPI::Token::Word '__PACKAGE__' # # and not multi subscript like $hash{__FILE__,123} # # PPI::Structure::Subscript { ... } # PPI::Statement::Expression # PPI::Token::Word '__PACKAGE__' # PPI::Token::Operator ',' # PPI::Token::Number '123' # sub is_solo_subscript { my ($elem) = @_; # must be sole elem if ($elem->snext_sibling) { return 0; } if ($elem->sprevious_sibling) { return 0; } my $parent = $elem->parent || return 0; $parent->isa('PPI::Statement::Expression') || return 0; my $grandparent = $parent->parent || return 0; return $grandparent->isa('PPI::Structure::Subscript'); } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::UnexpandedSpecialLiteral - specials like __PACKAGE__ used literally =head1 DESCRIPTION This policy is part of the L|Perl::Critic::Pulp> addon. It picks up some cases where the special literals C<__FILE__>, C<__LINE__> and C<__PACKAGE__> (see L) are used with C<< => >> or as a hash subscript and so don't expand to the respective filename, line number or package name. my $seen = { __FILE__ => 1 }; # bad return ('At:'.__LINE__ => 123); # bad $obj->{__PACKAGE__}->{myextra} = 123; # bad In each case you get a string C<"__FILE__">, C<"__LINE__"> or C<"__PACKAGE__">, like my $seen = { '__FILE__' => 1 }; return ('At:__LINE__' => 123); $obj->{'__PACKAGE__'}->{'myextra'} = 123; where you almost certainly meant it to expand to the filename etc. On that basis this policy is under the "bugs" theme (see L). Expression forms like 'MyExtra::'.__PACKAGE__ => 123 # bad are still bad because the word immediately to the left of any C<< => >> is quoted even when the word is part of an expression. If you really do want a string C<"__FILE__"> etc then the suggestion is to write the quotes, even if you're not in the habit of using quotes in hash constructors etc. It'll pass this policy and make it clear to everyone that you really did want the literal string. =head2 Class Data C<< $obj->{__PACKAGE__} >> can arise when you're trying to hang extra data on an object with your package name hopefully not to clash with the object's native fields. An unexpanded C<__PACKAGE__> is a mistake you'll probably only make once; after that the irritation of writing extra parens or similar will keep it fresh in your mind! As usual there's more than one way to do it when adding extra data to an object. As a crib here are some ways, =over 4 =item Subhash C<< $obj->{(__PACKAGE__)}->{myfield} >> The extra parens ensure expansion, and you get a sub-hash (or sub-array or whatever) to yourself. It's easy to delete the single entry from C<$obj> if/when you later want to cleanup. =item Subscript C<< $obj->{__PACKAGE__,'myfield'} >> This makes entries in C<$obj>, with the C<$;> separator emulating multidimensional arrays/hashes (see L). =item Concated key C<< $obj->{__PACKAGE__.'--myfield'} >> Again entries in C<$obj>, but key formed by concatenation and an explicit unlikely separator. The advantage over C<,> is that the key is a constant (after constant folding), instead of a C on every access (because C<$;> could change). =item Separate C Use the object as a hash key and the value whatever data you want to associate. Keeps completely out of the object's hair and works with objects which use a "restricted hash" (see L) to prevent extra keys. =item Inside-Out C Similar to HashRef with object as key and any value you want as the data, outside the object, hence the jargon "inside out". If you're not into OOP you'll have to read a few times to understand what's going on! =back =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =head1 HOME PAGE http://user42.tuxfamily.org/perl-critic-pulp/index.html =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008, 2009 Kevin Ryde Perl-Critic-Pulp is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version. Perl-Critic-Pulp is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Perl-Critic-Pulp. If not, see . =cut