Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::ProhibitPOSIXimport - don't import the whole of POSIX into a module


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Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::ProhibitPOSIXimport - don't import the whole of POSIX into a module

DESCRIPTION

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This policy is part of the Perl::Critic::Pulp|Perl::Critic::Pulp addon. It asks you not to use POSIX with an import of all the symbols from that module if you're only using a few things.

    package Foo;
    use POSIX;    # bad

The aim is to save some memory, and maybe run a bit faster. A full POSIX import adds about 550 symbols to your module and that's about 30 to 40 kbytes in Perl 5.10 on a 32-bit system, or about 115 kbytes in Perl 5.8. If lots of modules do this it adds up.

As noted in the POSIX docs, the way it exports everything by default is an historical accident, not something to encourage.

Allowed Forms

A full import is allowed in package main, which is the top-level of a script etc, since in a script you want convenience rather than a bit of memory, at least initially.

    #!/usr/bin/perl
    use POSIX;        # ok

An import of no symbols is allowed and you simply add a POSIX:: qualifier to each call or constant. Qualifiers like this can make it clear where the function is coming from.

    package Foo;
    use POSIX (); # ok

    my $fd = POSIX::dup(0);
    if ($! == POSIX::ENOENT())

An import of an explicit set of functions and constants is allowed. This allows short names without the memory penalty of a full import. It can be error-prone to update the imports with what you actually use (see ProhibitCallsToUndeclaredSubs for some checking).

    package Foo;
    use POSIX qw(dup ENOENT); # ok
    ...
    my $fd = dup(0);

A full import is allowed in a module if there's 15 or more calls to POSIX module functions. This rule will probably change or be configurable in the future, but the intention is that a module making heavy use of POSIX shouldn't be burdened by a POSIX:: on every call or maintaining a list of explicit imports.

    package Foo;
    use POSIX;         # ok
    ...
    tzset(); dup(1)... # 15 or more calls to POSIX stuff

Disabling

If you don't care this sort of thing you can always disable ProhibitPOSIXimport from your .perlcriticrc in the usual way (see CONFIGURATION in Perl::Critic),

    [-Modules::ProhibitPOSIXimport]

SEE ALSO

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POSIX, Perl::Critic::Pulp, Perl::Critic, Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitCallsToUndeclaredSubs

HOME PAGE

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http://user42.tuxfamily.org/perl-critic-pulp/index.html

COPYRIGHT

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Perl-Critic-Pulp documentation Contained in the Perl-Critic-Pulp distribution.

# Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


package Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::ProhibitPOSIXimport;
use 5.006;
use strict;
use warnings;
use List::MoreUtils;
use POSIX ('abort'); # must import something to initialize @POSIX::EXPORT
use Scalar::Util;

use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';
use Perl::Critic::Utils qw(is_function_call
                           split_nodes_on_comma);
use Perl::Critic::Utils::PPI qw(is_ppi_expression_or_generic_statement);
use Perl::Critic::Pulp::Utils;

our $VERSION = 61;

use constant DEBUG => 0;
use constant _ALLOWED_CALL_COUNT => 15;


use constant supported_parameters => ();
use constant default_severity     => $Perl::Critic::Utils::SEVERITY_LOW;
use constant default_themes       => qw(pulp efficiency);
use constant applies_to           => ('PPI::Statement::Include');

my %posix_function;

sub initialize_if_enabled {
  my ($self, $config) = @_;
  @posix_function{@POSIX::EXPORT} = ();
  ### POSIX EXPORT count: scalar(@POSIX::EXPORT)
  return 1;
}


sub violates {
  my ($self, $elem, $document) = @_;

  return unless ($elem->module||'') eq 'POSIX';  # "use POSIX"
  return unless (_inc_exporter_imports_type($elem) eq 'default');
  return if _is_in_package_main($elem);          # within main ok
  return if _count_posix_calls($document) >= _ALLOWED_CALL_COUNT;

  return $self->violation
    ("Don't import the whole of POSIX into a module",
     '',
     $elem);
}

# $inc is a PPI::Statement::Include of a module using Exporter.pm.
# Return 'no_import' -- $inc doesn't call import() at all
#        'default'   -- $inc gets Exporter's default imports
#        'explicit'  -- $inc chooses certain imports explicitly
#
sub _inc_exporter_imports_type {
  my ($inc) = @_;

  $inc->type eq 'use'
    or return 'no_import'; # "require Foo" or "no Foo" don't import

  my $mfirst = Perl::Critic::Pulp::Utils::include_module_first_arg ($inc)
    || return 'default'; # no args or only a version check

  my @elems = _elem_and_snext_siblings ($mfirst);
  _chomp_trailing_semi (\@elems);
  ### elems count: scalar(@elems)
  ### elems: "@elems"
  if (@elems == 1 && _elem_is_empty_list($elems[0])) {
    return 'no_import'; # "use Foo ()" doesn't call import() at all
  }

  my @args = _parse_args (@elems);
  if (@args >= 1 && _arg_is_number($args[0])) {
    shift @args; # use Foo '123',... Exporter skips version number
  }
  return (@args ? 'explicit' : 'default');
}

# return true if PPI $elem is within the "package main", either an explicit
# "package main" or main as the default when no "package" statement at all
#
sub _is_in_package_main {
  my ($elem) = @_;
  my $package = Perl::Critic::Pulp::Utils::elem_package($elem)
    || return 1; # no package statement
  ### within_package: "$package"
  return ($package->namespace eq 'main'); # explicit "package main"
}

sub _parse_args {
  my @first = split_nodes_on_comma (@_);
  ### first split: scalar(@first)
  if (DEBUG) {
    require PPI::Dumper;
    foreach my $aref (@first) {
      print "  aref:\n";
      foreach my $elem (@$aref) {
        PPI::Dumper->new($elem)->print;
      }
    }
  }

  my @ret;
  while (@first) {
    my $aref = shift @first;
    if (@$aref == 1) {
      my $elem = $aref->[0];
      if ($elem->isa('PPI::Structure::List')) {
        my @children = $elem->schildren;
        if (@children == 0) {
          next; # empty list elided
        }
        if (@children == 1) {
          $elem = $children[0];
          if ($elem->isa('PPI::Statement')) {
            @children = $elem->schildren;
            if (@children) {
              unshift @first, split_nodes_on_comma (@children);
              next;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    push @ret, $aref;
  }

  ### final ret: scalar(@ret)
  if (DEBUG) {
    require PPI::Dumper;
    foreach my $aref (@ret) {
      print "  aref:\n";
      foreach my $elem (@$aref) {
        PPI::Dumper->new($elem)->print;
      }
    }
  }
  return @ret;
}

sub _chomp_trailing_semi {
  my ($aref) = @_;
  while (@$aref
         && $aref->[-1]->isa('PPI::Token::Structure')
         && $aref->[-1]->content eq ';') {
    pop @$aref;
  }
}

sub _elem_and_snext_siblings {
  my ($elem) = @_;
  my @ret = ($elem);
  while ($elem = $elem->snext_sibling) {
    push @ret, $elem;
  }
  return @ret;
}

sub _elem_is_empty_list {
  my ($elem) = @_;
  for (;;) {
    $elem->isa('PPI::Structure::List') || return 0;
    my @children = $elem->schildren;
    if (@children == 0) {
      return 1; # empty list
    }
    if (@children == 1) {
      $elem = $children[0];
      if ($elem->isa('PPI::Statement')) {
        @children = $elem->schildren;
        if (@children == 1) {
          $elem = $children[0];
          next;
        }
      }
    }
    return 0;
  }
}

# $aref is an arrayref of PPI elements which are a function argument.
# Return true if the argument is a number, including a numeric string.
#
# ENHANCE-ME: Do some folding of constant concats or numeric calculations.
#
sub _arg_is_number {
  my ($aref) = @_;

  @$aref == 1 || return 0; # only single elements for now
  my $arg = $aref->[0];
  return ($arg->isa('PPI::Token::Number')

          || (($arg->isa('PPI::Token::Quote::Single')
               || $arg->isa('PPI::Token::Quote::Literal'))
              && Scalar::Util::looks_like_number ($arg->literal)));
}


# return a count of calls to POSIX module functions within $document
sub _count_posix_calls {
  my ($document) = @_;

  # function calls like "dup()", with is_function_call() used to exclude
  # method calls like $x->dup on unrelated objects or classes
  my $aref = $document->find ('PPI::Token::Word') || [];
  my $count = List::MoreUtils::true
    { exists $posix_function{$_->content} && is_function_call($_)
    } @$aref;
  ### count func calls: $count

  # symbol references \&dup or calls &dup(6)
  $aref = $document->find ('PPI::Token::Symbol') || [];
  $count += List::MoreUtils::true
    { my $symbol = $_->symbol;
      $symbol =~ /^&/ && exists $posix_function{substr($symbol,1)}
    } @$aref;
  ###   plus symbols gives: $count

  return $count;
}

1;
__END__