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=pod
=encoding utf-8
=head1 PURPOSE
Type::Coercion objects are mutable, unlike Type::Tiny objects.
However, they can be frozen, making them immutable. (And Type::Tiny will
freeze them occasionally, if it feels it has to.)
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
Uses the bundled BiggerLib.pm type library.
Requires Moose 2.0000
=head1 AUTHOR
Toby Inkster E<lt>tobyink@cpan.orgE<gt>.
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2025 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.
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use strict;
use lib qw( ./lib ./t/lib ../inc ./inc );
use Test::Requires { Moose => 2.0000 };
use BiggerLib -types;
ok(!BigInteger->coercion->frozen, 'coercions are not initially frozen');
BigInteger->coercion->add_type_coercions(Undef, sub { 777 });
ok(!BigInteger->coercion->frozen, 'coercions do not freeze because of adding code');
is(BigInteger->coerce(undef), 777, '... and they work');
BigInteger->coercion->moose_coercion;
ok(BigInteger->coercion->frozen, 'coercions do freeze when forced inflation to Moose');
my $e = exception {
BigInteger->coercion->add_type_coercions(Item, sub { 999 })
};
like($e, qr{Attempt to add coercion code to a Type::Coercion which has been frozen}, 'cannot add code to a frozen coercion');
BigInteger->coercion->i_really_want_to_unfreeze;
ok(!BigInteger->coercion->frozen, 'i_really_want_to_unfreeze');
$e = exception {
BigInteger->coercion->add_type_coercions(Item, sub { 888 })
};
is($e, undef, '... can now add coercions');
is(BigInteger->coerce(\$e), 888, '... ... which work');
done_testing;