NAME

sanity - The ONLY meta pragma you'll ever need!

SYNOPSIS

use sanity;
use sanity 'strictures';
use sanity 'Modern::Perl';

use sanity qw(
   strictures -warnings/uninitialized/FATAL
   NO:autovivification NO:autovivification/store
   PRINT_PRAGMA_HASH
);
use sanity '!0*b^Npow{8T7_yZt<?cT6/?ZCO=Y0LV_Duoc';  # Safer ASCII version
use sanity '¡0ǲ鵆㤧뱞⡫瘑빸ን둈댬嚝⠨舁聼䮋';  # Shorter UTF8 version

DESCRIPTION

Modern::Perl? common::sense? no nonsense? use latest?

Everybody has their own opinion on what pragmas and modules are "required" for every person to use. These opinions turn into "personal pragmas", so that people don't have to type several use lines of header in front of every module they write.

Personal opinions and pragmas don't really belong in the CPAN namespace. (It's CPAN, not Personal PAN. If you want a Personal PAN, go call Pizza Hut.) But copying code on potentially hundreds of modules doesn't make sense, either.

That was my mentality when I had a personal opinion of my own. Why repeat the same problem like everybody else?

This "sanity" module attempts to level the playing field by making it a customizable personal pragma, allowing you to both reduce the code needed and still implement all of the modules/pragmas you need.

As an illustration to what it's capable of, this pragma will emulate all of the other personal pragmas, most of them 100% working exactly how they do it.

PARAMETERS

Sanity's parameters fall into three types: flags, aliases, and hashes. (Oh my!)

Flags and Aliases

Flags are single pragma/module declarations, strict/warning flags, or other items that need flags. Aliases are merely one or more flags, grouped together to better emulate the pragma/module's functionality.

Let's start off with an example:

# These three statements do the same thing as...
use Modern::Perl;
use sanity 'Modern::Perl';
use sanity qw(strict warnings mro/dfs feature IO::File IO::Handle);

# ...these statements
use strict;
use warnings;
use mro 'dfs';
use feature ':all';
use IO::File;
use IO::Handle;

Basically, it does the same thing as the meta pragma Modern::Perl, except you actually don't need that module for it to work. While there is some magic to make sure, say, feature gets loaded with various versions of Perl, it typically just works using a standard import call. The strict and warnings flags are combined aliases that enable all of the warnings that they would do via a standard call.

Negating flags/aliases

You can turn off flags in the statement:

use sanity qw(Modern::Perl -mro/dfs);

This does the same thing as above, except it doesn't import the mro pragma. You can negate any flag, including combined aliases, as long as it makes sense. In other words, you need a positive included before you can negate something.

NO:* flags/aliases

Some pragmas work by using the unimport function, so that the English makes sense. To keep that syntax, these pragmas are included with a NO: prefix:

use sanity 'NO:multidimensional';
use sanity 'NO:indirect/FATAL';

This will run the unimport function on these pragmas, even though sanity was called via the import function (via use).

Perl versions

Sanity also supports Perl versions as a special kind of alias to specify minimum Perl versions:

# These are all the same:
use v5.10.1;
use sanity 'v5.10.1';
use sanity v5.10.1;  # as a VSTRING
use sanity 5.10.1;   # works too

# Upgrade the Perl version of your favorite pragma
use sanity qw(NO:nonsense v5.12);

Note that the version must be at least v5.8. This should be fine for most people. (If I get a ticket requesting support for a Perl version older than one released in 2002, I will hunt you down and break your keyboard in half.)

The Default

What does sanity do without any parameters? Why my personal preference, of course :) It's listed in the meta pragma section of the "LIST OF FLAGS" below. I detail the reasons behind my choices here.

Hashes

So, there's all of these flags, but unless you're using one of the combined aliases, typing them all out is usually just as much (or more) code as the several lines of use statements. Well, they are all flags so that it fits into a giant bitmap, and that bitmap can be compressed into a large ASCII (or UTF-8) "number".

This number can be calculated using the flag PRINT_PRAGMA_HASH:

# This is merely the definition of uni::perl
use sanity (qw(
   v5.10 strict feature/5.10
), (
   map { "warnings/$_/FATAL" } qw(closed threads internal debugging pack substr malloc
   unopened portable prototype inplace io pipe unpack regexp deprecated exiting glob
   digit printf utf8 layer reserved parenthesis taint closure semicolon)
), qw(
   -warnings/exec/FATAL
   -warnings/newline/FATAL
   utf8
   open/utf8
   open/std
   mro/c3
   Carp
), 'PRINT_PRAGMA_HASH');

# Outputs:
# use sanity '!04[D{9Fhfqc-7m738S4HK6B#D5=v{,T$(0)F5i';  # Safer ASCII version
# use sanity '¡05༕ቑ釩腜쥸봱楇䐍퇥熠ᾯ緻褻真堩';  # Shorter UTF8 version

You can use that hash as the output illustrates without having to type out the entire big set of commands or flags.

Other Meta Pragmas

Have your own set that is too long, and you don't like the ugliness of the hash? Send me your suggestion and I'll probably add it in.

CAVEATS

'NO:' ne '-'

A NO: flag is NOT the same as negating a flag! You also cannot remove the NO: from a flag, as it's part of the name of the flag, not a special modifier.

# These two are NOT the same!
use sanity 'NO:indirect';  # runs indirect->unimport()
use sanity '-indirect';    # Dies, as there is no such flag/alias

# This runs through the strictures alias and runs autovivification->unimport()
use sanity qw(strictures NO:autovivification);

# This runs through the strictures alias WITHOUT running indirect->unimport()
use sanity qw(strictures -NO:indirect);

use sanity '-indirect';    # This isn't what you want...
no  sanity 'NO:indirect';  # ...you really meant to do this...
use indirect;              # ...but this is better

Special clearing of strict/warnings

Since most people want exactly the strictness and warnings they specify, sanity will clear these out first before running through the list.

# This...
use sanity qw(strict -strict/vars);

# ...is the same as this...
no strict;
use strict qw(subs refs);

Also, some special magic is in place to ensure that newer warnings/features aren't fatal to older Perls. See https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=112920.

"Author" pragmas

Certain pragmas really only exist to make sure the code is designed right. These pragmas are deemed "optional" by sanity. In other words, if the user doesn't have them, it will just silently ignore them and move on. If sanity thinks you're an author/coder of the module itself (.git/svn/$ENV checks), it will give you a warning that they are missing, but move on.

The following modules don't "instadie". Modules that fall under this list don't change the nature of how Perl works, or would let you do something that would normally fatally error.

overloading
autovivification
indirect
multidimensional
bareword::filehandles
criticism

# (autovivification probably shouldn't be here, since it actually
# prevents autoviv, but it's generally used as an author tool.)

This feature was borrowed from strictures and tweaked.

LIST OF FLAGS

Emulation of "meta pragmas"

ex::caution:
   strict
   warnings
NO:crap:  # Same as above
shit:     # Same as above
latest:
   strict
   warnings
   feature
sane:
   strict
   warnings
   feature
   utf8
NO:nonsense:
   strict
   warnings
   true
   namespace::autoclean
Modern::Perl:
   strict
   warnings
   mro 'dfs'
   feature
   IO::File
   IO::Handle
strictures: (without the 5.8.4 checks; that crap is old)
   v5.8.4 (forced, to make sure things work)
   strict
   warnings FATAL => 'all'
   no indirect 'fatal'
   no multidimensional
   no bareword::filehandles
common::sense: (without the "memory usage" BS)
   utf8
   strict qw(subs vars)
   feature qw(say state switch)
   no warnings
   warnings FATAL => qw(closed threads internal debugging pack malloc portable prototype
                        inplace io pipe unpack deprecated glob digit printf
                        layer reserved taint closure semicolon)
   no warnings qw(exec newline unopened);
uni::perl: (ditto)
   v5.10
   strict
   feature qw(say state switch)
   no warnings
   warnings qw(FATAL closed threads internal debugging pack substr malloc
                   unopened portable prototype inplace io pipe unpack regexp
                   deprecated exiting glob digit printf utf8 layer
                   reserved parenthesis taint closure semicolon)
   no warnings qw(exec newline)
   utf8
   open (:utf8 :std)
   mro 'c3'
   Carp
sanity:
   v5.10.1
   utf8
   open (:utf8 :std)
   mro 'c3'
   strict qw(subs vars)
   no strict 'refs'
   warnings FATAL => 'all'
   no warnings qw(uninitialized experimental::smartmatch)
   feature '5.10'
   no autovivification qw(fetch exists delete store strict)
   no indirect 'fatal'
   no multidimensional
perl5i::0 / 1 / 2 / latest:
   [the real module] (the pragma is too insane to try to duplicate here)
Acme::Very::Modern::Perl:  (a joke, but it's still here all the same)
   strict
   warnings
   mro 'c3'
   feature
   IO::File
   IO::Handle
   utf8
   open (:utf8 :std)
   no warnings
   warnings FATAL => qw(closed threads internal debugging pack malloc portable prototype
                        inplace io pipe unpack deprecated glob digit printf
                        layer reserved taint closure semicolon)
   no warnings qw(exec newline unopened);
   perl5i::latest
   Toolkit
   Carp

Other flags/aliases

strict/* => strict '[whatever]'        # supports all flags
strict   => strict qw(refs subs vars)

# other "hints"
integer
locale
bytes
re/taint
re/eval
filetest
utf8
NO:overloading

warnings/*       => warnings NONFATAL => '[whatever]'  # supports all flags, multi or not
warnings/*/FATAL => warnings    FATAL => '[whatever]'  # supports all flags; FATAL trumps NONFATAL
warnings         => warnings NONFATAL => 'all'
warnings/FATAL   => warnings    FATAL => 'all'

feature/*        => feature '[whatever]'  # supports all flags
feature/5.##     => # similar to feature enabling via 'use v5.##'; major version only
feature/5.9.5    => # also exists, just like feature/5.10
feature          => feature ':all'  # not exactly, but in spirit

# Perl versions, described above
v5.##.##

# autodie
autodie/* => autodie ':[whatever]'  # supports all _category_ flags, like all, io, shm, etc.
                                    # (Will expand if requested, but I don't want to waste
                                    # all of that bit space right now.)
autodie   => autodie ':default'

# other CORE pragmas
bigint
bignum
bigrat
charnames
charnames/short
charnames/full
encoding::warnings
encoding::warnings/FATAL
mro/dfs                    # default for 'mro'
mro/c3
open/*

# namespace cleaners
namespace::clean       # included last; adds -except => 'meta'
namespace::functions   # included last
namespace::autoclean
namespace::sweep

# others
NO:autovivification/*
NO:autovivification => no autovivification qw(fetch exists delete)

criticism/*
criticism   => criticism 'gentle'

experimental/*

perl5i::0
perl5i::1
perl5i::2
perl5i::3
perl5i::latest

NO:indirect
NO:indirect/global
NO:indirect/fatal
NO:multidimensional
NO:bareword::filehandles

subs::auto
utf8::all
IO::File
IO::Handle
IO::All
Carp
vendorlib
true
autolocale
Toolkit

Function::Parameters
Function::Parameters/strict
Switch::Plain
Quote::Code

Am I missing something? Let me know.

TODO

Actually need to write sanity::sanity POD.

AVAILABILITY

The project homepage is https://github.com/SineSwiper/sanity.

The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ to find a CPAN site near you, or see https://metacpan.org/module/sanity/.

SUPPORT

Internet Relay Chat

You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat. Please be courteous and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can join those networks/channels and get help:

irc.perl.org

You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and talk to this person for help: SineSwiper.

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests via https://github.com/SineSwiper/sanity/issues.

AUTHOR

Brendan Byrd <BBYRD@CPAN.org>

CONTRIBUTOR

Graham Knop <haarg@haarg.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

To install sanity, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm sanity

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install sanity

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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