package Closure::Explicit;
# ABSTRACT: check coderefs for unintended lexical capture
use strict;
use warnings;
use B;
use PadWalker qw(closed_over peek_sub peek_my);
use Scalar::Util ();
our $VERSION = '0.002';
=head1 NAME
Closure::Explicit - check coderefs for variable capture
=head1 VERSION
version 0.002
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Closure::Explicit qw(callback);
{
package Example;
sub new { my $class = shift; bless {}, $class }
sub method { my $self = shift; print "In method\n" }
}
my $self = Example->new;
# This will raise an exception due to the reference to $self
eval {
my $code = callback {
$self->method;
};
};
# This will not raise the exception because $self is whitelisted
my $code = callback {
$self->method;
} [qw($self)];
# This will wrap the coderef so we can pass a weakened copy of $self
my $code = callback {
my $self = shift;
$self->method;
} weaken => [qw($self)];
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Attempts to provide some very basic protection against unintentional
capturing of lexicals in a closure.
For example, code such as the following risks creating cycles which
mean the top-level object is never freed:
sub some_method {
my $self = shift;
$self->{callback} = sub { $self->other_method }
}
and this can in turn lead to memory leaks.
=head1 API STABILITY
The main L</callback> function is not expected to change in future versions,
so as long as you use this:
use Closure::Explicit qw(callback);
to import the function into your local namespace, or fully-qualify it using
Closure::Explicit::callback { ... }
then you should have no problems with future versions of this module.
However, it is highly likely that a future version will also start exporting
a differently-named function with a better interface.
=cut
use parent qw(Exporter);
our @EXPORT_OK = qw(callback);
# This is not documented, because turning it off will break
# the weaken behaviour.
use constant CLOSURE_CHECKS => exists($ENV{PERL_CLOSURE_EXPLICIT_CHECKS}) ? $ENV{PERL_CLOSURE_EXPLICIT_CHECKS} : 1;
=head1 EXPORTS
=cut
=head2 callback
Checks the given coderef for potential closure issues, raising an exception if any
are found and returning the coderef (or a wrapped version of it) if everything is
okay.
The first parameter is the block of code to run. This is protoyped as C< & > so
you can replace the usual 'sub { ... }' with 'callback { ... }'. If you already
have a coderef, you can pass that using C< &callback($code, ...) >, but please
don't.
Remaining parameters are optional - you can either pass a single array, containing
a list of the B<names> of the variables that are safe to capture:
callback { print "$x\n" } [qw($x)];
or a list of named parameters:
=over 4
=item * weaken => [...] - list of B<variable names> which will be copied, weakened
via L<Scalar::Util/weaken>, then prepended to the parameter list available in @_
in your code block
=item * allowed => [...] - list of B<variable names> to ignore if used in the code,
same behaviour as passing a single arrayref
=back
For example, a method call might look like this:
my $code = callback {
my $self = shift;
$self->method(@_);
} weaken => [qw($self)];
although L<curry::weak> would be a much cleaner alternative there:
my $code = $self->curry::weak::method;
You can mix C<weaken> and C<allowed>:
my $x = 1;
my $code = callback {
shift->method(++$x);
} weaken => [qw($self)], allowed => [qw($x)];
=cut
sub callback(&;@) {
if(CLOSURE_CHECKS) {
my $code = shift;
my %spec = (@_ > 1) ? (@_) : (allowed => shift);
# warn "Have " . join ',', keys %spec;
if(my @err = lint( $code => %spec )) {
warn "$_\n" for @err;
die "Had " . @err . " error(s) in closure";
}
return $code
} else {
return $_[0] unless grep $_ eq 'weaken', @_;
my $code = shift;
my %spec = @_;
if($spec{weaken}) {
my $scope = peek_my(1);
my @extra = map ${ $scope->{$_} }, @{$spec{weaken}};
Scalar::Util::weaken($_) for @extra;
return sub { $code->(@extra, @_) };
}
}
}
=head2 lint
Runs checks on the given coderef. This is used internally and not exported,
but if you just want to get a list of potential problems for a coderef,
call this:
my @errors = lint($code, allowed => [qw($x)]);
It's unlikely that the C<weaken> parameter will work when calling this
function directly - this may be fixed in a future version.
=cut
sub lint {
my ($code, %spec) = @_;
my $cv = B::svref_2object($code);
my $details = sprintf '%s(%s:%d)', $cv->STASH->NAME, $cv->FILE, $cv->GV->LINE;
my %closed = %{closed_over($code)};
my %closed_by_value = map {
ref($closed{$_}) eq 'REF'
? (${$closed{$_}} => $_)
: ()
} keys %closed;
# This is everything we declare in the sub
my @lexicals = grep !exists $closed{$_}, keys %{ peek_sub $code };
if($spec{weaken}) {
# warn "weaken request: " . join ',', @{$spec{weaken}};
my $scope = peek_my(2);
my $real_code = $code;
my @extra = map ${ $scope->{$_} }, @{$spec{weaken}};
Scalar::Util::weaken($_) for @extra;
$code = $_[0] = sub { $real_code->(@extra, @_) };
shift;
}
# That's it for the data collection, now run the tests
my @errors;
foreach my $var (@{$spec{declares}}) {
push @errors, "no $var declared in padlist" unless grep $_ eq $var, @lexicals;
}
# say " * We are capturing $_" for sort keys %closed;
my %allowed = map { $_ => 1 } @{$spec{allowed}};
push @errors, "$_ captured in closure, recommend checking for cycles" for sort grep !exists $allowed{$_}, keys %closed;
foreach my $var (@{$spec{captures}}) {
push @errors, "$var captured in closure, recommend checking for cycles" if grep $_ eq $var, keys %closed;
}
push @errors, "blacklisted value found in closure: $_ ($closed_by_value{$_})" for grep exists $closed_by_value{$_}, @{$spec{values}};
return map "$details - $_", @errors;
}
1;
__END__
=head1 SEE ALSO
=over 4
=item * L<curry> - provides a convenient interface for creating callbacks
=item * L<PadWalker> - does most of the real work behind this module
=item * L<Test::RefCount> - convenient testing for reference counts, makes
cycles easier to detect in test code
=item * L<Devel::Cycle> - reports whether cycles exist and provides useful
diagnostics when any are found
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
Tom Molesworth <cpan@entitymodel.com>
=head1 LICENSE
Copyright Tom Molesworth 2012-2013. Licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.