NAME
Sub::Boolean - make XS true/false subs
SYNOPSIS
use Test::More;
use Sub::Boolean qw( make_true );
make_true( __PACKAGE__ . "::foobar" );
ok( foobar(), 'returns true' );
ok( foobar(123), 'returns true' );
DESCRIPTION
A good way to create fast true/false constants is:
use constant { true => !!1, false => !!0 };
Or on newer Perls:
use builtin qw( true false );
However these constants will throw a compile-time error if you call them
as a sub:
if ( true(123) ) {
...;
}
Sub::Boolean allows you to create subs which return true or false fast as
they're implemented in XS.
As a bonus, it can also generate subs which return undef or the empty
list.
Each function created by this module will have a different refaddr, which
means that using things like `set_prototype` or `set_subname` on one will
not affect others.
Boolean functions are really unlikely to be a bottleneck in most
applications, so the use cases for this module are very limited.
FUNCTIONS
Nothing is exported unless requested.
`make_true( $qualified_name )`
Given a fully qualified sub name, installs a sub something like:
sub $qualified_name {
return !!1;
}
`make_false( $qualified_name )`
Given a fully qualified sub name, installs a sub something like:
sub $qualified_name {
return !!0;
}
`make_undef( $qualified_name )`
Given a fully qualified sub name, installs a sub something like:
sub $qualified_name {
return undef;
}
`make_empty( $qualified_name )`
Given a fully qualified sub name, installs a sub something like:
sub $qualified_name {
return ();
}
BUGS
Please report any bugs to
<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Sub-Boolean>.
SEE ALSO
builtin, constant.
AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2022 by Toby Inkster.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.