File Coverage

blib/lib/Perl/Critic/Policy/Lax/ProhibitEmptyQuotes/ExceptAsFallback.pm

Criterion	Covered	Total	%
statement	21	22	95.4
branch	6	6	100.0
condition	5	6	83.3
subroutine	7	8	87.5
pod	4	4	100.0
total	43	46	93.4

use strict;
use warnings;
package Perl::Critic::Policy::Lax::ProhibitEmptyQuotes::ExceptAsFallback;
# ABSTRACT: empty quotes are okay as the fallback on the rhs of ||
$Perl::Critic::Policy::Lax::ProhibitEmptyQuotes::ExceptAsFallback::VERSION = '0.012';
#pod =head1 DESCRIPTION
#pod
#pod Sure, C<""> can be confusing when crammed into the middle of a big list of
#pod values, and a bunch of spaces is even worse.  It's really common, though, to
#pod write this code to get a default, false, defined string:
#pod
#pod   my $value = $got || '';
#pod
#pod It's got a certain charm about it that just isn't manifested by these:
#pod
#pod   my $value = $got || $EMPTY;
#pod   my $value = $got || q{};
#pod
#pod This policy prohibits all-whitespace strings constructed by single or double
#pod quotes, except for the empty string when it follows the high-precedence "or" or "defined or" operators.
#pod
#pod =cut

use Perl::Critic::Utils;
use parent qw(Perl::Critic::Policy);

my $DESCRIPTION = q{Quotes used with an empty string, and not as a fallback};
my $EXPLANATION = "Unless you're using the ||'' idiom, use a quotish form.";

my $empty_rx = qr{\A ["'] (\s*) ['"] \z}x;

sub default_severity { $SEVERITY_LOW       }
sub default_themes   { qw(lax)             }
sub applies_to       { 'PPI::Token::Quote' }

sub violates {
  my ($self, $element, undef) = @_;

  my ($content) = $element =~ $empty_rx;
  return unless defined $content;

  # If the string is truly empty and comes after || or //, that's cool.
  if (not length $content and my $prev = $element->sprevious_sibling) {
    return if $prev->isa('PPI::Token::Operator')
           && grep { $prev eq $_ } ('||', '//');
  }

  return $self->violation($DESCRIPTION, $EXPLANATION, $element);
}

1;

__END__

=pod

=encoding UTF-8

=head1 NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::Lax::ProhibitEmptyQuotes::ExceptAsFallback - empty quotes are okay as the fallback on the rhs of ||

=head1 VERSION

version 0.012

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Sure, C<""> can be confusing when crammed into the middle of a big list of
values, and a bunch of spaces is even worse.  It's really common, though, to
write this code to get a default, false, defined string:

  my $value = $got || '';

It's got a certain charm about it that just isn't manifested by these:

  my $value = $got || $EMPTY;
  my $value = $got || q{};

This policy prohibits all-whitespace strings constructed by single or double
quotes, except for the empty string when it follows the high-precedence "or" or "defined or" operators.

=head1 AUTHOR

Ricardo Signes <[e-mail]>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Ricardo Signes <[e-mail]>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

=cut