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Function-Parameters-2.002
River stage three • 47 direct dependents • 187 total dependents
59 ++

Changes for version 2.002 - 2023-04-01

  • Provide //= for default arguments that are also used when the caller passes in undef.
  • Provide more type combinators in parameter declarations: In addition to | (union types), now ~ & / are also supported (for complement types, intersection types, and alternative types, respectively).
  • Enable type coercions. If a parameter has a declared type and that type supports coercions ($type->has_coercion returns true), call its ->coerce($value) method to transform arguments before type checking.
  • Enable inline type checks. If a parameter has a declared type and that type supports inlining ($type->can_be_inlined returns true), its inline code (as provided by ->inline_check('$value')) is baked into the function definition instead of a call to ->check($value). This may speed up type checks.
  • Move a big chunk of tests to xt/ (author testing only).
  • Remove xt/ from the distribution.
  • Enable parallel testing by default (with -j4).

Modules

Function::Parameters
define functions and methods with parameter lists ("subroutine signatures")
Function::Parameters::Info
Information about parameter lists

Provides

Function::Parameters::Param
in lib/Function/Parameters/Info.pm

Other files