NAME
PerlX::Assert - yet another assertion keyword
SYNOPSIS
use PerlX::Assert;
assert { 1 >= 10 };
DESCRIPTION
PerlX::Assert is a framework for embedding assertions in Perl code. Under
normal circumstances, assertions are not checked; they are optimized away
at compile time.
However if, at compile time, any of the following environment variables is
true, assertions are checked, and if they fail, throw an exception.
* `PERL_STRICT`
* `AUTHOR_TESTING`
* `EXTENDED_TESTING`
* `RELEASE_TESTING`
That is, assertions will only typically be checked when the test suite is
being run on the authors' machine, or otherwise opted into.
The exact decision logic can be found in Devel::StrictMode.
You can also force assertions to be checked using:
use PerlX::Assert -check;
There are four syntaxes for expressing assertions:
assert EXPR;
assert { BLOCK };
assert "name", EXPR;
assert "name" { BLOCK };
Assertions can be named, which is probably a good idea because this module
(and the rest of Moops) screws up Perl's reporting of line numbers. Names
must be a quoted string (single or double quotes, or the `q` or `qq`
quote-like operators); general expressions are not supported because
Text::Balanced is used to parse the assertion name. An assertion is a
statement, so must be followed by a semicolon unless it's the last
statement in a block.
PerlX::Assert was originally distributed as part of Moops, but was fairly
independent of the rest of it, and has been spun off as a separate
release, and backported to Perl 5.8.1.
Assertions that span multiple lines are very likely to cause problems on
versions of Perl prior to 5.12. If the `assert` keyword, the entire name,
and the start of the expression or block are all on the same line, this
should be sufficient.
BUGS
Please report any bugs to
SEE ALSO
Devel::Assert, Carp::Assert.
AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014 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.