# # spec file for package perl-Contextual-Return # # Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC # # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed # upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the # file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the # license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which # case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9) # published by the Open Source Initiative. # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/ # %define cpan_name Contextual-Return Name: perl-Contextual-Return Version: 0.4.14 Release: 0 # 0.004014 -> normalize -> 0.4.14 %define cpan_version 0.004014 License: Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-1.0-or-later Summary: Create context-sensitive return values URL: https://metacpan.org/release/%{cpan_name} Source0: https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/D/DC/DCONWAY/%{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version}.tar.gz Source1: cpanspec.yml Source100: README.md BuildArch: noarch BuildRequires: perl BuildRequires: perl-macros BuildRequires: perl(Want) BuildRequires: perl(version) Requires: perl(Want) Requires: perl(version) Provides: perl(Contextual::Return) = %{version} Provides: perl(Contextual::Return::Failure) = 0.0.3 Provides: perl(Contextual::Return::Lvalue) Provides: perl(Contextual::Return::Value) Provides: perl(DB) %undefine __perllib_provides %{perl_requires} %description Usually, when you need to create a subroutine that returns different values in different contexts (list, scalar, or void), you write something like: sub get_server_status { my ($server_ID) = @_; # Acquire server data somehow... my %server_data = _ascertain_server_status($server_ID); # Return different components of that data, # depending on call context... if (wantarray()) { return @server_data{ qw(name uptime load users) }; } if (defined wantarray()) { return $server_data{load}; } if (!defined wantarray()) { carp 'Useless use of get_server_status() in void context'; return; } else { croak q{Bad context! No biscuit!}; } } That works okay, but the code could certainly be more readable. In its simplest usage, this module makes that code more readable by providing three subroutines--'LIST()', 'SCALAR()', 'VOID()'--that are true only when the current subroutine is called in the corresponding context: use Contextual::Return; sub get_server_status { my ($server_ID) = @_; # Acquire server data somehow... my %server_data = _ascertain_server_status($server_ID); # Return different components of that data # depending on call context... if (LIST) { return @server_data{ qw(name uptime load users) } } if (SCALAR) { return $server_data{load} } if (VOID) { print "$server_data{load}\n" } else { croak q{Bad context! No biscuit!} } } %prep %autosetup -n %{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version} -p1 %build perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor %make_build %check make test %install %perl_make_install %perl_process_packlist %perl_gen_filelist %files -f %{name}.files %doc Changes README %changelog