OpenSwartz

I wrote previously about the inability of perltidy to handle the method keyword of Method::Signatures::Simple. Now, Steve Hancock has graciously accepted my patches in the latest Perl::Tidy, including prefilter and postfilter options. This allows me to easily add method support:

Perl::Tidy::perltidy(
    ...,
    prefilter => sub {
        $_ = $_[0];
        s/^method (.*)/sub $1 #__METHOD/gm;
        return $_;
    },
    postfilter => sub {
        $_ = $_[0];
        s/^sub (.*?)s* #__METHOD/method $1/gm;
        return $_;
    }
);

• The prefilter code substitutes method for sub, and adds a comment
  so we’ll be able to find and convert these back afterwards.
• When perltidy operates on the code, it will just see regular subs and treat them accordingly.
• The postfilter code converts the sub back to method wherever the special comment appears.

I put this in my private Perl::Tidy subclass, along with other tweaks, such as telling perltidy to leave my Moose ‘has’ lines alone (I prefer them to always be on one line).

Then I create my own perltidy script which uses this subclass:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
package main;
use JS::Perl::Tidy;
JS::Perl::Tidy::perltidy();

A little messy, but it works. I’m a devoted perltidy user, with enforced perltidy-on-commit policy on every project, so I’m glad I don’t have to choose between perltidy and my favorite Perl tweaks.