File Coverage

blib/lib/Perl/Critic/Policy/Mardem/ProhibitReturnBooleanAsInt.pm

Criterion	Covered	Total	%
statement	36	40	90.0
branch	5	8	62.5
condition	1	3	33.3
subroutine	11	12	91.6
pod	4	5	80.0
total	57	68	83.8

use utf8;

use 5.010;

use strict;
use warnings;

our $VERSION = '0.04';

use Readonly;
use Perl::Critic::Utils qw( is_hash_key $SEVERITY_MEDIUM );

use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';

## no critic (RequireInterpolationOfMetachars)
Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => q{Consider using some $false, $true or other available module implementation};

Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{"return" statement with explicit "0/1"};

{
    return $SEVERITY_MEDIUM;
}

{
    return qw(complexity maintenance);
}

{
    return 'PPI::Statement::Break';
}

{
    return;
}

{
    my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_;

    my $return_keyword = $elem->schild();    # not next element - need first child
    if ( !$return_keyword ) {
        return;
    }

    if ( 'return' ne $return_keyword->content() || is_hash_key( $return_keyword ) ) {
        return;
    }

    my $return_line_content = $elem->content();
    if ( !$return_line_content ) {
        return;
    }

    # fast regex violation check - eg. "return 1"; - "return (1); # comment" - "return 1 if ..."
    my $return        = q{return};
    my $value         = q{[(]?\s*[01]\s*[)]?};
    my $opt_condition = q{(?:(?:if|unless)\s*[(]?\s*.+\s*[)]?\s*)?};

    my $regex = qr/^\s*$return\s*$value\s*$opt_condition\s*;/ixmso;

    if ( $return_line_content !~ $regex ) {
        return;
    }

    return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem );
}

1;


#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

=pod

=encoding utf8

=head1 NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::Mardem::ProhibitReturnBooleanAsInt

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This Policy searches for C<return 1> and C<return 0> statements,
which are mainly used for boolean meaning, but are less expressiv
than direct use of some boolean eg. C<return $true>.

There are many different modules available for true, false - use it!

=head1 CONFIGURATION

No Configuration

=head1 AFFILIATION

This policy is part of L<Perl::Critic::Mardem>.

=head1 AUTHOR

Markus Demml, [e-mail]

=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2022, Markus Demml

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included
with this module.

=cut