package Method::Signatures; use strict; use warnings; use base 'Devel::Declare::MethodInstaller::Simple'; use Method::Signatures::Parser; use Devel::BeginLift; use Data::Alias (); use Readonly; our $VERSION = '20090620'; our $DEBUG = $ENV{METHOD_SIGNATURES_DEBUG} || 0; sub DEBUG { return unless $DEBUG; require Data::Dumper; print STDERR "DEBUG: ", map { ref $_ ? Data::Dumper::Dumper($_) : $_ } @_; } =head1 NAME Method::Signatures - method declarations with signatures and no source filter =head1 SYNOPSIS package Foo; use Method::Signatures; method new (%args) { return bless {%args}, $self; } method get ($key) { return $self->{$key}; } method set ($key, $val) { return $self->{$key} = $val; } =head1 DESCRIPTION This is B which relies on B. Use at your own risk. Features may change. Provides a proper method keyword, like "sub" but specificly for making methods. It will automatically provide the invocant as C<$self>. No more C. Also allows signatures, very similar to Perl 6 signatures. And it does all this with B. =head2 Signature syntax method foo($bar, $baz) { $self->wibble($bar, $baz); } is equivalent to: sub foo { my $self = shift; my($bar, $baz) = @_; $self->wibble($bar, $baz); } except the original line numbering is preserved. No checks are made that the arguments being passed in match the signature. Future releases will add extensively to the signature syntax probably along the lines of Perl 6. =head3 C<@_> Other than removing C<$self>, C<@_> is left intact. You are free to use C<@_> alongside the arguments provided by Method::Signatures. =head3 Named parameters Parameters can be passed in named, as a hash, using the C<:$arg> syntax. method foo(:$arg) { ... } Class->foo( arg => 42 ); Named parameters by default are optional. Required positional parameters and named parameters can be mixed, but the named params must come last. method foo( $a, $b, :$c ) # legal Named parameters are passed in as a hash after all positional arguments. method display( $text, :$justify = 'left', :$enchef = 0 ) { ... } # $text = "Some stuff", $justify = "right", $enchef = 0 $obj->display( "Some stuff", justify => "right" ); You cannot mix optional positional params with named params as that leads to ambiguities. method foo( $a, $b?, :$c ) # illegal # Is this $a = 'c', $b = 42 or $c = 42? $obj->foo( c => 42 ); =head3 Aliased references A signature of C<\@arg> will take an array reference but allow it to be used as C<@arg> inside the method. C<@arg> is an alias to the original reference. Any changes to C<@arg> will effect the original reference. package Stuff; method add_one(\@foo) { $_++ for @foo; } my @bar = (1,2,3); Stuff->add_one(\@bar); # @bar is now (2,3,4) =head3 Invocant parameter The method invocant (ie. C<$self>) can be changed as the first parameter. Put a colon after it instead of a comma. method foo($class:) { $class->bar; } method stuff($class: $arg, $another) { $class->things($arg, $another); } Signatures have an implied default of C<$self:>. =head3 Defaults Each parameter can be given a default with the C<$arg = EXPR> syntax. For example, method add($this = 23, $that = 42) { return $this + $that; } Almost any expression can be used as a default. method silly( $num = 42, $string = q[Hello, world!], $hash = { this => 42, that => 23 }, $code = sub { $num + 4 }, @nums = (1,2,3), ) { ... } Defaults will only be used if the argument is not passed in at all. Passing in C will override the default. That means... Class->add(); # $this = 23, $that = 42 Class->add(99); # $this = 99, $that = 42 Class->add(99, undef); # $this = 99, $that = undef Earlier parameters may be used in later defaults. method copy_cat($this, $that = $this) { return $that; } All variables with defaults are considered optional. =head3 Parameter traits Each parameter can be assigned a trait with the C<$arg is TRAIT> syntax. method stuff($this is ro) { ... } Any unknown trait is ignored. Most parameters have a default traits of C. =over 4 =item B Read-only. Assigning or modifying the parameter is an error. =item B Read-write. It's ok to read or write the parameter. This is a default trait. =item B The parameter will be a copy of the argument (just like C<>). This is a default trait except for the C<\@foo> parameter. =item B The parameter will be an alias of the argument. Any changes to the parameter will be reflected in the caller. This is a default trait for the C<\@foo> parameter. =back =head3 Traits and defaults To have a parameter which has both a trait and a default, set the trait first and the default second. method echo($message is ro = "what?") { return $message } Think of it as C<$message is ro> being the left-hand side of the assignment. =head3 Optional parameters To declare a parameter optional, use the C<$arg?> syntax. Currently nothing is done with this. It's for forward compatibility. =head3 Required parameters To declare a parameter as required, use the C<$arg!> syntax. All parameters without defaults are required by default. =head3 The C<@_> signature The @_ signature is a special case which only shifts C<$self>. It leaves the rest of C<@_> alone. This way you can get $self but do the rest of the argument handling manually. =head2 Anonymous Methods An anonymous method can be declared just like an anonymous sub. my $method = method ($arg) { return $self->foo($arg); }; $obj->$method(42); =head2 Differences from Perl 6 Method::Signatures is mostly a straight subset of Perl 6 signatures. The important differences... =head3 Restrictions on named parameters As noted above, there are more restrictions on named parameters than in Perl 6. =head3 Named parameters are just hashes Perl 5 lacks all the fancy named parameter syntax for the caller. =head3 Parameters are copies. In Perl 6, parameters are aliases. This makes sense in Perl 6 because Perl 6 is an "everything is an object" language. In Perl 5 is not, so parameters are much more naturally passed as copies. You can alias using the "alias" trait. =head3 Can't use positional params as named params Perl 6 allows you to use any parameter as a named parameter. Perl 5 lacks the named parameter disambiguating syntax so it is not allowed. =head3 Addition of the C<\@foo> reference alias prototype Because in Perl 6 arrays and hashes don't get flattened, and their referencing syntax is much improved. Perl 5 has no such luxury, so Method::Signatures added a way to alias references to normal variables to make them easier to work with. =head3 Addition of the C<@_> prototype Method::Signatures lets you punt and use @_ like in regular Perl 5. =cut sub import { my $class = shift; my $caller = caller; my $arg = shift; $DEBUG = 1 if defined $arg and $arg eq ':DEBUG'; $class->install_methodhandler( into => $caller, name => 'method', ); DEBUG("import for $caller done\n"); } sub code_for { my($self, $name) = @_; my $code = $self->SUPER::code_for($name); if( defined $name ) { Devel::BeginLift->setup_for_cv($code); } return $code; } sub _strip_ws { $_[0] =~ s/^\s+//; $_[0] =~ s/\s+$//; } # Overriden method from D::D::MS sub parse_proto { my $self = shift; return $self->parse_method( proto => shift ); } # Parse a method signature sub parse_method { my $self = shift; my %args = @_; my @protos = $self->_split_proto($args{proto} || []); my $signature = $args{signature} || {}; $signature->{invocant} = '$self'; if( @protos ) { $signature->{invocant} = $1 if $protos[0] =~ s{^(\S+?):\s*}{}; shift @protos unless $protos[0] =~ /\S/; } return $self->parse_sub( proto => \@protos, signature => $signature ); } sub _split_proto { my $self = shift; my $proto = shift; my @protos; if( ref $proto ) { @protos = @$proto; } else { _strip_ws($proto); @protos = split_proto($proto); } return @protos; } # Parse a subroutine signature sub parse_sub { my $self = shift; my %args = @_; my @protos = $self->_split_proto($args{proto} || []); my $signature = $args{signature} || {}; $signature->{named} = []; $signature->{positional} = []; $signature->{overall} = { has_optional => 0, has_optional_positional => 0, has_named => 0, has_positional => 0, has_invocant => $signature->{invocant} ? 1 : 0, num_slurpy => 0 }; my $idx = 0; for my $proto (@protos) { DEBUG( "proto: $proto\n" ); my $sig = {}; $sig->{named} = $proto =~ s{^:}{}; if( !$sig->{named} ) { $sig->{idx} = $idx; $idx++; } $sig->{proto} = $proto; $sig->{is_at_underscore} = $proto eq '@_'; $sig->{is_ref_alias} = $proto =~ s{^\\}{}; while ($proto =~ s{ \s+ is \s+ (\S+) }{}x) { $sig->{traits}{$1}++; } $sig->{default} = $1 if $proto =~ s{ \s* = \s* (.*) }{}x; my($sigil, $name) = $proto =~ m{^ (.)(.*) }x; $sig->{is_optional} = ($name =~ s{\?$}{} or exists $sig->{default} or $sig->{named}); $sig->{is_optional} = 0 if $name =~ s{\!$}{}; $sig->{sigil} = $sigil; $sig->{name} = $name; $sig->{var} = $sigil . $name; $sig->{is_slurpy} = ($sigil =~ /^[%@]$/ and !$sig->{is_ref_alias}); check_signature($sig, $signature); if( $sig->{named} ) { push @{$signature->{named}}, $sig; } else { push @{$signature->{positional}}, $sig; } my $overall = $signature->{overall}; $overall->{has_optional}++ if $sig->{is_optional}; $overall->{has_named}++ if $sig->{named}; $overall->{has_positional}++ if !$sig->{named}; $overall->{has_optional_positional}++ if $sig->{is_optional} and !$sig->{named}; $overall->{num_slurpy}++ if $sig->{is_slurpy}; DEBUG( "sig: ", $sig ); } # Then turn it into Perl code my $inject = inject_from_signature($signature); DEBUG( "inject: $inject\n" ); return $inject; } sub check_signature { my($sig, $signature) = @_; die("signature can only have one slurpy parameter") if $sig->{is_slurpy} and $signature->{overall}{num_slurpy} >= 1; if( $sig->{named} ) { if( $signature->{overall}{has_optional_positional} ) { my $pos_var = $signature->{positional}[-1]{var}; die("named parameter $sig->{var} mixed with optional positional $pos_var\n"); } } else { if( $signature->{overall}{has_named} ) { my $named_var = $signature->{named}[-1]{var}; die("positional parameter $sig->{var} after named param $named_var\n"); } } } # Turn the parsed signature into Perl code sub inject_from_signature { my $signature = shift; my @code; push @code, "my $signature->{invocant} = shift;" if $signature->{invocant}; for my $sig (@{$signature->{positional}}) { push @code, inject_for_sig($sig); } return join ' ', @code unless @{$signature->{named}}; my $first_named_idx = @{$signature->{positional}}; push @code, "my \%args = \@_[$first_named_idx..\$#_];"; for my $sig (@{$signature->{named}}) { push @code, inject_for_sig($sig); } push @code, 'Method::Signatures::named_param_check(\%args);' if $signature->{overall}{has_named}; # All on one line. return join ' ', @code; } sub named_param_check { my $args = shift; my @keys = keys %$args; return 1 unless @keys; signature_error("does not take @keys as named argument(s)"); } sub inject_for_sig { my $sig = shift; return if $sig->{is_at_underscore}; my @code; my $sigil = $sig->{sigil}; my $name = $sig->{name}; my $idx = $sig->{idx}; # These are the defaults. my $lhs = "my $sig->{var}"; my $rhs; if( $sig->{named} ) { $rhs = "delete \$args{$sig->{name}}"; } else { $rhs = $sig->{is_ref_alias} ? "${sigil}{\$_[$idx]}" : $sig->{sigil} =~ /^[@%]$/ ? "\@_[$idx..\$#_]" : "\$_[$idx]" ; } my $check_exists = $sig->{named} ? "exists \$args{$sig->{name}}" : "(\@_ > $idx)"; # Handle a default value if( defined $sig->{default} ) { $rhs = "$check_exists ? ($rhs) : ($sig->{default})"; } if( !$sig->{is_optional} ) { push @code, qq[Method::Signatures::required_arg('$sig->{var}') unless $check_exists; ]; } # Handle \@foo if ( $sig->{is_ref_alias} or $sig->{traits}{alias} ) { push @code, sprintf 'Data::Alias::alias(%s = %s);', $lhs, $rhs; } # Handle "is ro" elsif ( $sig->{traits}{ro} ) { push @code, "Readonly::Readonly $lhs => $rhs;"; } else { push @code, "$lhs = $rhs;"; } return @code; } sub signature_error { my $msg = shift; my $height = shift || 1; my($pack, $file, $line, $method) = caller($height + 1); die "$method() $msg at $file line $line.\n"; } sub required_arg { my $var = shift; signature_error sprintf "missing required argument $var"; } =head1 PERFORMANCE There is no run-time performance penalty for using this module above what it normally costs to do argument handling. =head1 DEBUGGING One of the best ways to figure out what Method::Signatures is doing is to run your code through B::Deparse (run the code with -MO=Deparse). =head1 EXAMPLE Here's an example of a method which displays some text and takes some extra options. use Method::Signatures; method display($text is ro, :$justify = "left", :$fh = \*STDOUT) { ... } # $text = $stuff, $justify = "left" and $fh = \*STDOUT $obj->display($stuff); # $text = $stuff, $justify = "left" and $fh = \*STDERR $obj->display($stuff, fh => \*STDERR); # error, missing required $text argument $obj->display(); The display() method is equivalent to all this code. sub display { my $self = shift; croak('display() missing required argument $text') unless @_ > 0; Readonly my $text = $_[0]; my(%args) = @_[1 .. $#_]; my $justify = exists $args{justify} ? $args{justify} : 'left'; my $fh = exists $args{fh} ? $args{'fh'} : \*STDOUT; ... } =head1 EXPERIMENTING If you want to experiment with the prototype syntax, replace C. It takes a method prototype and returns a string of Perl 5 code which will be placed at the beginning of that method. This interface is experimental, unstable and will change between versions. =head1 BUGS, CAVEATS and NOTES Please report bugs and leave feedback at Ebug-Method-SignaturesE at Ert.cpan.orgE. Or use the web interface at L. Report early, report often. =head2 Debugging You can see the Perl code Method::Signatures translates to by using B::Deparse. =head2 One liners If you want to write "use Method::Signatures" in a one-liner, do a C<-MMethod::Signatures> first. This is due to a bug/limitation in Devel::Declare. =head2 No source filter While this module does rely on the hairy black magic of L and L it does not depend on a source filter. As such, it doesn't try to parse and rewrite your source code and there should be no weird side effects. Devel::Declare only effects compilation. After that, it's a normal subroutine. As such, for all that hairy magic, this module is surprisingly stable. =head2 What about regular subroutines? L cannot yet change the way C behaves. It's being worked on and when it works I'll release another module unifying method and sub. I might release something using C. =head2 What about class methods? Right now there's nothing special about class methods. Just use C<$class> as your invocant like the normal Perl 5 convention. There may be special syntax to separate class from object methods in the future. =head2 What about types? I would like to add some sort of types in the future or simply make the signature handler pluggable. =head2 What about the return value? Currently there is no support for types or declaring the type of the return value. =head2 How does this relate to Perl's built-in prototypes? It doesn't. Perl prototypes are a rather different beastie from subroutine signatures. They don't work on methods anyway. A syntax for function prototypes is being considered. func($foo, $bar?) is proto($;$) =head2 Error checking There currently is very little checking done on the prototype syntax. Here's some basic checks I would like to add, mostly to avoid ambiguous or non-sense situations. * If one positional param is optional, everything to the right must be optional method foo($a, $b?, $c?) # legal method bar($a, $b?, $c) # illegal, ambiguous Does C<<->bar(1,2)>> mean $a = 1 and $b = 2 or $a = 1, $c = 3? * If you're have named parameters, all your positional params must be required. method foo($a, $b, :$c); # legal method bar($a?, $b?, :$c); # illegal, ambiguous Does C<<->bar(c => 42)>> mean $a = 'c', $b = 42 or just $c = 42? * Positionals are resolved before named params. They have precedence. =head2 What about... Method traits are in the pondering stage. An API to query a method's signature is in the pondering stage. Now that we have method signatures, multi-methods are a distinct possibility. Applying traits to all parameters as a short-hand? # Equivalent? method foo($a is ro, $b is ro, $c is ro) method foo($a, $b, $c) is ro A "go really fast" switch. Turn off all runtime checks that might bite into performance. Method traits. method add($left, $right) is predictable # declarative method add($left, $right) is cached # procedural # (and Perl 6 compatible) =head1 THANKS Most of this module is based on or copied from hard work done by many other people. All the really scary parts are copied from or rely on Matt Trout's, Florian Ragwitz's and Rhesa Rozendaal's L work. The prototype syntax is a slight adaptation of all the excellent work the Perl 6 folks have already done. Also thanks to Matthijs van Duin for his awesome L which makes the C<\@foo> signature work perfectly and L which makes the subroutine names come out right in caller(). And thanks to Florian Ragwitz for his parallel L module from which I borrow ideas and code and L which lets the methods be declared at compile time. =head1 LICENSE The original code was taken from Matt S. Trout's tests for L. Copyright 2007-2008 by Michael G Schwern Eschwern@pobox.comE. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See F =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L Perl 6 subroutine parameters and arguments - L =cut 1;